The Richland Rams's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Bald Eagle Area Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Richland can't be too worried about heading out to take on Bald Eagle Area: they just beat Hollidaysburg at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Richland sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Hollidaysburg on Thursday.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Richland got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 18-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Bald Eagle Area had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Rangers out 3-2. The Eagles are really starting to get used to good results now that the team has won 11 straight.
Bald Eagle Area took Forest Hills into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 20-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-11.
Nora Eppley was the offensive standout of the matchup as she had ten digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted in her last eight contests.
Richland is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4-2 record this season. As for Bald Eagle Area, their victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 24-5-1.
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