Volleyball Preview: South Allegheny Gladiators vs. East Allegheny Wild Cats
South Allegheny is 3-0 against East Allegheny since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The South Allegheny Gladiators will venture away from home to challenge the East Allegheny Wild Cats at 7:00 p.m. East Allegheny took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on South Allegheny, who comes in off a win.
South Allegheny will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating South Park, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. South Allegheny put the hurt on South Park with a sharp 3-0 win on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Gladiators.
The 3-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 25-23.
Meanwhile, East Allegheny was not able to break out of their rough patch last Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 3-0 to Carlynton.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-14, 25-11.
South Allegheny is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for East Allegheny, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything went South Allegheny's way against East Allegheny in their previous matchup back in September, as South Allegheny made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Allegheny since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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