The North Catholic Trojans will take on the Canon-McMillan Big Macs at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
North Catholic is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: North Allegheny, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (North Catholic was ranked 19th). North Catholic fell just short of North Allegheny by a score of 3-2 back in September.
North Catholic was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made North Allegheny work for it, especially in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 28-26, 25-18, 22-25, 27-29, 15-6.
Meanwhile, Canon-McMillan had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They put the hurt on Pine-Richland with a sharp 3-0 victory on Thursday. Winning may never get old, but the Big Macs sure are getting used to it with their eighth in a row.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-21, 25-20.
North Catholic's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-2-1. As for Canon-McMillan, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-3.
North Catholic came out on top in a nail-biter against Canon-McMillan in their previous meeting back in September of 2019, sneaking past 1-0. Will North Catholic repeat their success, or does Canon-McMillan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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