Volleyball Preview: Wellsboro Hornets vs. Athens Wildcats
Wellsboro has gone 8-2 against Athens recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Wellsboro Hornets will venture away from home to square off against the Athens Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wellsboro has five straight victories, Athens has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Wellsboro will bounce into Thursday's game after beating North Penn-Liberty, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Wellsboro walked away with a 3-1 win over North Penn-Liberty on Tuesday.
Wellsboro was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. After all that action, the final score was 14-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-19.
Wellsboro relied on the efforts of Maddy C, who had 32 digs, and Taylor M, who had 11 digs. C is crushing it when it comes to digs: she's had at least 11 every time she's taken the court this season.
Athens might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Towanda, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Wellsboro's victory bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Athens, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Wellsboro took their win against Athens in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Wellsboro repeat their success, or does Athens have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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