Volleyball Preview: Plymouth Whitemarsh Colonials vs. New Hope-Solebury Lions
Plymouth Whitemarsh has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to challenge the New Hope-Solebury Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Plymouth Whitemarsh will be strutting in after a victory while New Hope-Solebury will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, Plymouth Whitemarsh had just enough and edged Abington out 3-2.
Plymouth Whitemarsh was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 19-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-23, 15-7.
Plymouth Whitemarsh was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 13.6.
Meanwhile, New Hope-Solebury came up short against Plymouth Whitemarsh on September 4th and fell 3-1. The loss continues a trend for the Lions in their matchups with the Colonials: they've now lost six in a row.
New Hope-Solebury started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-14, 25-19, 25-18.
Plymouth Whitemarsh is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. As for New Hope-Solebury, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.
Plymouth Whitemarsh was able to grind out a solid win over New Hope-Solebury in their previous meeting on September 4th, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Plymouth Whitemarsh since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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