The Mount Pisgah Christian Patriots are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Wesleyan Wolves at 5:00 p.m.
Mount Pisgah Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: Pope, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Mount Pisgah Christian was ranked 16th). Mount Pisgah Christian fell just short of Pope by a score of 2-1 on Saturday. The Patriots' loss signaled the end of their eight-game winning streak.
Mount Pisgah Christian started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-11, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Wesleyan earned a 2-0 win over Mount Vernon on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolves.
The 2-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-23.
Mount Pisgah Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 31-6. As for Wesleyan, they pushed their record up to 28-10 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Mount Pisgah Christian came up short against Wesleyan when the teams last played back in September of 2019, falling 2-0. Can Mount Pisgah Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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