Academy of St. Elizabeth is 1-9 against Hackettstown since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers takes on the Hackettstown Tigers at 4:00 p.m.
Last Thursday, Academy of St. Elizabeth didn't have quite enough to beat Mount Olive and fell 2-1. While the Panthers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Marauders 27-25 in the first set.
Academy of St. Elizabeth started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-13, 25-8.
Meanwhile, Hackettstown narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Warren Hills Regional 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Hackettstown had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-21, 25-16.
This is the second loss in a row for Academy of St. Elizabeth and nudges their season record down to 10-8. As for Hackettstown, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-6.
Academy of St. Elizabeth came up short against Hackettstown in their previous matchup back in September, falling 2-0. Can Academy of St. Elizabeth avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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