Volleyball Preview: Liberty Hurricanes vs. Freedom Patriots
Liberty and Freedom are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2020, but not for long. The Liberty Hurricanes are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Freedom Patriots at 5:00 p.m. Freedom took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Liberty, who comes in off a win.
Last Monday, Liberty had just enough and edged Nazareth Area out 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Liberty who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 19-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Freedom came up short against Bethlehem Catholic on Monday, falling 3-0. The loss continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Hawks: they've now lost six in a row.
Freedom was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-12, 25-19.
Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8-5 record this season. As for Freedom, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-12-1.
Everything went Liberty's way against Freedom in their previous meeting back in September, as Liberty made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Liberty 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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