After both having extra time off, the Mt. Mansfield Cougars and the Colchester Lakers will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Mt. Mansfield is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Vermont's top teams: Essex, who was ranked first at the time (Mt. Mansfield was ranked fifth). The Cougars came up short against the Hornets on Wednesday, falling 3-0. The Cougars' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
While Mt. Mansfield was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Essex's winning margin in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-12, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Colchester lost 3-0 to Harwood on Friday.
Colchester was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Harwood work for it, especially in the second set. The final score came out to 25-12, 27-25, 25-20.
Mt. Mansfield will have to contain Payton Vilmont as she made an impact in Colchester's last game. She had 11 assists and two aces.
Colchester's defeat dropped their record down to 7-7. As for Mt. Mansfield, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5.
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