Volleyball Preview: Pine Grove Cardinals vs. Pottsville Crimson Tide
Pine Grove is 1-9 against Pottsville since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Pine Grove Cardinals will be playing in front of their home fans against the Pottsville Crimson Tide at 7:00 p.m.
Pine Grove is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Panther Valley just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They came up short against the Panthers, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-11, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Pottsville came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Golden Bears.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-13, 25-15.
Pottsville found their leader in underclassman Megan Yost, who had seven digs, two aces, and a kill. That's the most aces Yost has posted in her last six games. The team also got some help courtesy of Lainey Dusel, who had nine digs, eight kills, two aces, and a block.
Pine Grove now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Pottsville, they pushed their record up to 13-4 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Pine Grove suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Pottsville in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Yost, who had eight digs and 26 assists. Now that Pine Grove knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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