Hedgesville and Musselman are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2022, but not for long. The Hedgesville Eagles are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Musselman Applemen at 7:30 p.m.
Hedgesville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Spring Valley, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Hedgesville was ranked second). Hedgesville fell just short of Spring Valley by a score of 2-1 on Saturday. The Eagles have struggled against the Timberwolves recently, as their game on Saturday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Hedgesville sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 32-30, 16-25, 17-15.
Meanwhile, Musselman got the win against Spring Mills on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-9, 25-15.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Musselman to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ashlyn Weatherholtz, who had six aces. The dominant performance gave Weatherholtz a new career-high in aces.
Hedgesville's defeat dropped their record down to 34-5-1. As for Musselman, they pushed their record up to 26-11 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Hedgesville beat Musselman 3-1 in their previous matchup back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hedgesville since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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