Volleyball Preview: Chestnut Ridge Lions vs. Penn Cambria Panthers
The Chestnut Ridge Lions will head out on the road to challenge the Penn Cambria Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Chestnut Ridge will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more sets each match than the last.
Last Monday, Chestnut Ridge sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over North Star.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Chestnut Ridge who won the one that mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 19-25, 25-16, 16-25, 15-9.
Chestnut Ridge kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Penn Cambria came up short against Somerset on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost five in a row.
The final score came out to 25-23, 25-18, 25-23.
Chestnut Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 3-9-1. As for Penn Cambria, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7.
Everything went Chestnut Ridge's way against Penn Cambria in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Chestnut Ridge made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Chestnut Ridge since the team 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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