The Bishop Shanahan Eagles will challenge the Upper Merion Area Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Bishop Shanahan will be looking to extend their current 16-game winning streak.
Bishop Shanahan is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Downingtown East.
Bishop Shanahan had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-14, 25-15, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Upper Merion Area had just enough and edged Spring-Ford out 3-2 on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (96-94) Upper Merion Area actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 13-25, 25-14, 26-24, 15-8.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Upper Merion Area to victory, but perhaps none more so than Valeria Paneto, who had 14 digs. Paneto has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last ten times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Emily Nguyen, who had seven digs and four aces.
Upper Merion Area 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 five aces in 12 consecutive matchups.
Bishop Shanahan pushed their record up to 19-2-2 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Upper Merion Area, their win bumped their record up to 23-4.
Bishop Shanahan might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Upper Merion Area in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Bishop Shanahan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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