The Continental Pirates are taking a road trip to take on the Hilltop Cadets at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Continental is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
On Thursday, Continental came up short against Pandora-Gilboa and fell 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-21, 25-10, 19-25, 25-14.
Even though they lost, Continental was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Hilltop didn't have done well against Wauseon recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Hilltop walked away with a 3-1 win over Wauseon. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cadets.
Hilltop had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 24-26, 25-15, 25-18, 26-24.
Continental's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Hilltop, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
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