Volleyball Preview: Freedom Patriots vs. Bethlehem Catholic Hawks
Freedom is 2-8 against Bethlehem Catholic since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Freedom Patriots will head out on the road to square off against the Bethlehem Catholic Hawks at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Freedom made easy work of Pocono Mountain West and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Freedom was: they took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-11, 25-17, 25-9.
Freedom couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 42.3% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Bethlehem Catholic narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Nazareth Area 3-2.
Bethlehem Catholic had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the nextthree. After all that action, the final score was 25-27, 23-25, 27-25, 25-20, 15-9.
Freedom's record is now 3-4. As for Bethlehem Catholic, their record now sits at 3-1.
Freedom came up short against Bethlehem Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Freedom avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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