Volleyball Game Preview: Notre Dame-Green Pond Leaves Home

By Team Reports Sep 19, 2024, 1:55am

Volleyball Preview: Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders vs. Southern Lehigh Spartans

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Notre Dame-Green Pond has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Southern Lehigh Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Last Tuesday, Notre Dame-Green Pond beat Saucon Valley 3-1.

Notre Dame-Green Pond was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. After all that action, the final score was 20-25, 25-21, 25-10, 25-21.

Meanwhile, Southern Lehigh entered their tilt with Catasauqua on Tuesday with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They blew past the Rough Riders 3-0.

The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Southern Lehigh was: they took every set by at least 16 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-6, 25-9.

Southern Lehigh was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 29 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August of 2023.

Notre Dame-Green Pond has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Southern Lehigh, they pushed their record up to 14-1-2 with that win, which was their 18th straight at home dating back to last season.

Notre Dame-Green Pond might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Southern Lehigh in their previous matchup on Thursday. Can Notre Dame-Green Pond avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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