The North Star Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Greater Johnstown Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. North Star will be strutting in after a victory while Greater Johnstown will be coming in after a loss.
North Star can't be too worried about heading out to take on Greater Johnstown: they just beat Windber at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. North Star won by a set and slipped past Windber 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
North Star wouldn't go down easily and took Windber into a fifth set where they got it done with a nine-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-17, 18-25, 19-25, 15-6.
North Star was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Greater Johnstown was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 22nd straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 3-0 to Penn Cambria.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-12, 25-11.
North Star's win bumped their record up to 12-7. As for Greater Johnstown, their loss dropped their record down to 0-20.
North Star took their victory against Greater Johnstown in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Star since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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