Pope County had to endure a 12-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Joppa-Maple Grove Rangers on Thursday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Pirates also won the last time the pair played back in September.
Pope County had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 26-24, 25-13.
Joppa-Maple Grove's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Bricley Lang, who had 12 digs, and Kieran Presser, who had 11 digs.
Pope County's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-16. As for Joppa-Maple Grove, they dropped their record down to 2-14 with the loss, which was their 18th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Pope County will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Century at 6:00 p.m. on October 21st. Joppa-Maple Grove has already played their next contest, a 2-0 defeat against Vienna on the 12th.
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