After flying high against Portage on Tuesday, Morgan Township came back down to earth. The Cherokees fell 3-1 to the Andrean Fighting 59ers on Wednesday.
Morgan Township started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-19, 25-14, 27-25.
Jett Gheaja paced Morgan Township's offense, picking up 19 kills. Gheaja got some help from Jesse Theodossopoulos and his 27 assists. Harper Molchan controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Morgan Township has traveled a rocky road recently, having lost five of their last six matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 11-9 record this season. As for Andrean, the win (which was their 12th in a row) raised their record to 26-4.
Morgan Township has already played their next game (against Crown Point), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. After both having extra time off, Andrean and Merrillville will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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