Volleyball Preview: Freedom Patriots vs. Emmaus Hornets
Freedom is 2-8 against Emmaus since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Freedom Patriots will head out to square off against the Emmaus Hornets at 6:00 p.m. Freedom is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Freedom sidestepped Northwestern Lehigh for a 3-2 victory.
Freedom took Northwestern Lehigh into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 23-25, 16-25, 25-19, 15-12.
Freedom was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, everything went Emmaus' way against Pocono Mountain West on Wednesday as Emmaus made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hornets.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Emmaus took every set by at least eight points. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-12, 25-13.
The victory got Freedom back to even at 6-6. As for Emmaus, their win ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-3.
Freedom came up short against Emmaus in their previous matchup back in September 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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