Pope County is on a five-game streak of home losses, Joppa-Maple Grove a 17-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Pope County Pirates and the Joppa-Maple Grove Rangers are set to duel. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Monday, Pope County came up short against Thompsonville and fell 2-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-11.
Meanwhile, Joppa-Maple Grove also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Century by a score of 2-0.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Century scored at least 17 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-19.
Joppa-Maple Grove's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Bricley Lang, who had 15 digs, and Kieran Presser, who had seven digs.
Pope County's defeat dropped their record down to 2-16. As for Joppa-Maple Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13.
Pope County was able to grind out a solid victory over Joppa-Maple Grove in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. Does Pope County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Joppa-Maple Grove turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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