Upper Merion Area came tearing into Tuesday's match with five straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They had just enough and edged the Spring-Ford Rams out 3-2. That's more bragging rights for the Vikings, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Upper Merion Area was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-102), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 15-10.
Upper Merion Area was led to victory by Valeria Paneto and Emily Nguyen. Paneto had 21 digs, while Nguyen had 11 digs and four aces. Those four aces gave Nguyen a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Upper Merion Area was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive matchups.
Upper Merion Area pushed their record up to 20-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Spring-Ford, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-6.
Upper Merion Area has already played their next game, a 3-2 loss against Pope John Paul II on the 9th. As for Spring-Ford, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Academy-Notre Dame De Namur at 6:30 p.m.
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