The Philipsburg-Osceola Mountaineers will challenge the Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Philipsburg-Osceola is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Somerset just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 3-2. While the Mountaineers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Eagles 25-13 in the first period.
Philipsburg-Osceola took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-13, 17-25, 25-20, 15-13.
Juniata Valley typically has all the answers at home, but on Monday Bellwood-Antis proved too difficult a challenge. Everything went their way against the Hornets as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Bellwood-Antis' just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-16, 25-14.
Philipsburg-Osceola's defeat dropped their record down to 11-7-2. As for Bellwood-Antis, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Everything went Philipsburg-Osceola's way against Bellwood-Antis in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Philipsburg-Osceola made off with a 3-0 win. Will Philipsburg-Osceola repeat their success, or does Bellwood-Antis have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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