Morgantown is 8-2 against Philip Barbour since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Morgantown Mohigans are on the road again to play the Philip Barbour Colts at 9:00 a.m.
Morgantown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Marietta, who was ranked 18th at the time (Morgantown was ranked first). Morgantown lost 3-0 to Marietta on Saturday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-20, 25-15.
Even though they lost, Morgantown kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That's the most blocks they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Philip Barbour had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged the Golden Bears out 2-1.
In the two sets Philip Barbour was on fire: they won each by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-15, 25-14.
Morgantown's loss dropped their record down to 29-7. As for Philip Barbour, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-12-1 record this season.
Morgantown came out on top in a nail-biter against Philip Barbour when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 1-0. Does Morgantown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Philip Barbour turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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