Volleyball Preview: North Allegheny Tigers vs. Morgantown Mohigans
North Allegheny is on a nine-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Morgantown is on a 15-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The North Allegheny Tigers will host the Morgantown Mohigans at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Saturday, North Allegheny beat Liberty 2-0. The two-set effort marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The 2-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Morgantown faced University in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Morgantown walked away with a 3-1 victory over University.
Morgantown had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-21, 25-14, 25-12.
Morgantown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
North Allegheny's win bumped their record up to 10-0. As for Morgantown, their victory bumped their record up to 29-5.
North Allegheny skirted past Morgantown 1-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2022. Does North Allegheny have another victory up their sleeve, or will Morgantown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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