After both having extra time off, the North Pocono Trojans and the Valley View Cougars will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
North Pocono is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Holy Redeemer just ended the team's 12-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Royals by a score of 3-2. The loss continues a trend for the Trojans in their matchups with the Royals: they've now lost eight in a row.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, North Pocono sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-18, 23-25, 25-19, 21-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Valley View came up short against Scranton on Thursday, falling 3-0.
Valley View was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-17, 25-22.
Having lost for the first time this season, North Pocono fell to 12-1. As for Valley View, their defeat was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 7-11.
Everything went North Pocono's way against Valley View when the teams last played back in September, as North Pocono made off with a 3-0 victory. Will North Pocono repeat their success, or does Valley View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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