The Pymatuning Valley Lakers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Grand Valley Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Pymatuning Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Badger, taking the game 3-1.
Meanwhile, Grand Valley entered their tilt with Harding on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Skippers by a score of 3-1.
Grand Valley had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-13, 25-18, 25-16.
Grand Valley's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Nadia Patterson, who had 23 digs. Patterson is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylee Rogers, who hit 87% for 43 kills17 digs.
Grand Valley 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 12 aces in five consecutive matchups.
Pymatuning Valley's win bumped their record up to 11-6. As for Grand Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Everything went Pymatuning Valley's way against Grand Valley in their previous meeting on September 4th, as Pymatuning Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Pymatuning Valley repeat their success, or does Grand Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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