Volleyball Preview: Central Dauphin Rams vs. Altoona Mountain Lions
The Central Dauphin Rams will welcome the Altoona Mountain Lions at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Central Dauphin will be looking to keep their six-game home win streak alive.
Central Dauphin will bounce into Monday's game after beating Cumberland Valley, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Central Dauphin sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Cumberland Valley on Thursday.
Central Dauphin was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (110-107), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-23, 22-25, 25-19, 20-18.
Meanwhile, Altoona was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They came up short against Cumberland Valley, falling 3-0.
While Altoona ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 19 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-19, 25-20.
Central Dauphin has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. As for Altoona, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
Central Dauphin was able to grind out a solid win over Altoona when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. Will Central Dauphin repeat their success, or does Altoona have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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