John Marshall is 0-10 against Morgantown since September of 2022 but things could change on Saturday. The Monarchs will challenge the Mohigans at 9:00 a.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as John Marshall comes in on four and Morgantown on five.
John Marshall is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: University, who was ranked 13th at the time (John Marshall was ranked ninth). The Monarchs had just enough and edged out the Hawks 3-2 on Tuesday.
John Marshall wouldn't go down easily and took University into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-15, 27-29, 18-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Morgantown got the win against Steubenville on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Morgantown took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-8, 25-12.
John Marshall's victory bumped their record up to 17-5-3. As for Morgantown, their win bumped their record up to 25-4-1.
John Marshall suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Morgantown when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can the Monarchs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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