Altoona has enjoyed a eight-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to challenge the Prescott Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The last three games Altoona has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Saturday, Altoona sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over McDonell Central.
Altoona was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (57-54), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-23, 15-9.
Altoona's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Autumn Phan, who had three digs and two aces, and Brayln Siverling, who had seven digs and two aces.
Meanwhile, Prescott entered their tilt with Cochrane-Fountain City on Saturday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They won by a set and slipped past the Pirates 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Prescott got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-19, 20-25, 15-7.
Altoona is on a roll lately: they've won 19 of their last 25 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-14 record this season. As for Prescott, their win bumped their record up to 8-11.
Altoona might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Prescott in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Altoona avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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