The Mahanoy Area Golden Bears will square off against the North Schuylkill Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mahanoy Area is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Last Monday, Mahanoy Area got the win against Williams Valley by a conclusive 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-7, 25-21, 25-9.
Mahanoy Area was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 16 aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, North Schuylkill was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They came up short against Panther Valley, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-12, 25-16.
Mahanoy Area has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for North Schuylkill, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Everything went Mahanoy Area's way against North Schuylkill in their previous meeting on September 3rd, as Mahanoy Area made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mahanoy Area since the squad 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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