The Towanda Black Knights will face off against the Athens Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Towanda is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
On Thursday, Towanda didn't have quite enough to beat Mountain View and fell 3-2. While the Black Knights didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Eagles 25-17 in the first set.
Towanda took Mountain View into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 25-17, 25-20, 19-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Athens came into Saturday's match having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Everything went their way against Selinsgrove on Saturday as they made off with a 3-0 win. The Wildcats not only won on Saturday, but they posted their biggest win since September 2nd (when they won 3-0).
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Athens was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-15, 25-5.
Athens picked up their first home victory, bumping their record up to 2-9-1. As for Towanda, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7.
Towanda skirted past Athens 3-2 in their previous matchup on September 9th. Do the Black Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Wildcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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