Richland is on a 14-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while North Star is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Richland Rams will host the North Star Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Richland will be strutting in after a victory while North Star will be coming in after a loss.
Last Wednesday, everything went Richland's way against Bellefonte as Richland made off with a 3-0 win.
Richland walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the third set). The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-20, 25-13.
Meanwhile, North Star unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to Berlin Brothersvalley. The defeat continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Mountaineers: they've now lost eight in a row.
North Star was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-11, 25-23.
Richland is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4-2 record this season. As for North Star, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: Richland has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.4 aces per game. However, it's not like North Star struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Richland beat North Star 3-1 in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. Will Richland repeat their success, or does North Star have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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