The Union County Patriots and the Whiteland Warriors are set to duel on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Union County is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Hagerstown just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2. While the Patriots didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Tigers 26-24 in the first set.
Union County took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-23, 19-25, 25-20, 15-10.
Despite the loss, Union County got top-tier performance from Emma Wooley, who had 20 digs, seven kills, and 45 assists. Wooley is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Union County was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Whiteland lost 3-0 to Avon on Wednesday. The Warriors have struggled against the Orioles recently, as their game on Wednesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
While Whiteland was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-13, 25-22.
Union County's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-9. As for Whiteland, their loss dropped their record down to 6-18.
Union County was able to grind out a solid win over Whiteland when the teams last played back in October of 2022, winning 2-0. Will Union County repeat their success, or does Whiteland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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