Volleyball Preview: Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Lions vs. New York School for the Deaf Golden Tornadoes
The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Lions will square off against the New York School for the Deaf Golden Tornadoes at 10:35 a.m. on Saturday.
It was a proper cat-fight when Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf took on American School for the Deaf two weeks ago. Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf fell just short of American School for the Deaf by a score of 2-1. The Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 21-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, New York School for the Deaf was able to grind out a solid win over Varsity Opponent on Friday, taking the game 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Golden Tornadoes.
New York School for the Deaf easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The final score came out to 25-4, 25-19.
Crystal Pon had a dynamite game for New York School for the Deaf, getting 23 aces. That's the most aces Pon has posted in her last eight matchups. The team also got some help courtesy of Ashley Pimentel, who had five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: New York School for the Deaf was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 31 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in 11 consecutive matches.
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7-1. As for New York School for the Deaf, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from New York School for the Deaf in their previous matchup back in September. Can Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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