Volleyball Recap: Hazleton Area Comes Up Short

If Hazleton Area was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Selinsgrove on Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Cougars came up short against the Berwick Bulldogs on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.

Hazleton Area was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-16, 25-22.

Berwick was led to victory by Angie Colone and Julia Rauch. Colone had 13 kills, 11 digs, and three aces, while Rauch had eight digs and two aces. Colone is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in each of the last 29 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Grace Robbins, who had 13 kills, three digs, and one block.

Hazleton Area's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4-1. As for Berwick, the victory was the ninth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 11-1.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Hazleton Area is set to square off against their familiar foe Greater Nanticoke Area at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Berwick will challenge rival Wyoming Area at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.