The Mt. Mansfield Cougars will square off against the Essex Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mt. Mansfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Burlington 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Mt. Mansfield was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-102), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 17-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Essex faced Champlain Valley Union in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Hornets blew past the Redhawks 3-0. The Hornets haven't had any issues with the Redhawks recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Essex never let Champlain Valley Union on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-15, 26-24.
Mt. Mansfield's record is now 13-3. As for Essex, their record now sits at 15-0.
Mt. Mansfield might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Essex when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can the Cougars avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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