The Athol Bears will face off against the Sci-Tech CyberCats at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. Athol is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak.
Athol came up short against Southwick Regional on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
Athol was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-23, 25-18.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Sci-Tech, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They had just enough and edged out Southwick Regional 3-2 on Friday.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (103-102) Sci-Tech actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-10.
Athol's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Sci-Tech, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
Athol couldn't quite get it done against Sci-Tech when the teams last played back in April of 2024 as they fell 3-1. Can the Bears avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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