Volleyball Preview: Forest Hills Rangers vs. Central Cambria Red Devils
Forest Hills has gone 8-2 against Central Cambria recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Forest Hills Rangers will square off against the Central Cambria Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Forest Hills is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Hollidaysburg just ended the team's nine-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Golden Tigers by a score of 3-2. The Rangers haven't had much luck with the Golden Tigers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Forest Hills actually scored more points across those five sets (105-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 26-24, 18-25, 25-23, 15-8.
Forest Hills might have lost, but man, Sophia Jacobs was a machine: she had 18 digs and three aces.
Even though they lost, Forest Hills kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Central Cambria came up short against Philipsburg-Osceola on Thursday and fell 3-1. The Red Devils have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Central Cambria came incredibly close to winning: the sets they lost were decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 29-27.
Despite the loss, Central Cambria saw an underclassman step up: Katie Benko had eight digs, four blocks, and four blocks. With that strong performance, Benko is now averaging an impressive 12.6 assists per game.
Forest Hills' defeat ended a ten-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 21-2. As for Central Cambria, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7-2.
Forest Hills took their win against Central Cambria when the teams last played back in August by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Forest Hills since the squad 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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