Panther Valley is on an 11-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Pottsville is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Panthers will host the Crimson Tide at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Pottsville took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Panther Valley, who comes in off a win.
Panther Valley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Tri-Valley as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Panther Valley never let Tri-Valley on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-13, 28-26.
Meanwhile, after a string of 11 wins, Pottsville's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to Tri-Valley.
Pottsville actually scored more points across those four sets (97-91), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 13-25, 27-25, 26-24.
Panther Valley will need to focus on slowing down Megan Yost, one of several Pottsville players who made an impact when they last played. She had 16 digs and two aces. Yost has been hot for a while, having also posted 12 or more assists the last 24 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Rhyan Brenna, who had 13 kills, 13 digs, two blocks, and two aces.
Panther Valley's victory bumped their record up to 18-2. As for Pottsville, their loss dropped their record down to 17-6.
Panther Valley might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Pottsville when the teams last played last Thursday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Yost, who had 19 digs and one block. Now that the Panthers know the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
