Portville came tearing into Saturday's match with seven straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Corning-Painted Post Hawks 1-0. The Panthers have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Hawks, too.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Portville who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18.
Portville can attribute much of their success to Mia Rhinehart, who had four aces and three digs. That's the most aces Rhinehart has posted in her last eight contests.
Portville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 28-3-2 record this season. As for Corning-Painted Post, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-3-2.
Portville didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 victory against Baldwinsville on the 19th. As for Corning-Painted Post, they will take on Elmira at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Corning-Painted Post is facing Elmira at the right time seeing as Elmira is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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