The Baldwinsville Bees will challenge the Cicero-North Syracuse Northstars at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Baldwinsville is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Baldwinsville will head out to face Cicero-North Syracuse after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Baldwinsville took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of East Syracuse-Minoa. While the Bees didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Spartans 29-27 in the first set.
Baldwinsville was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made East Syracuse-Minoa work for it, especially in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 27-29, 25-23, 27-25, 25-20.
Meanwhile, everything went Cicero-North Syracuse's way against Oswego on Wednesday as Cicero-North Syracuse made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Northstars.
Cicero-North Syracuse's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Oswego between 16 and 17 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-17, 25-17.
Cicero-North Syracuse's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ryan Leahey led the charge by getting seven kills, six blocks, four digs, and two aces. That's the most aces Leahey has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Joey Lukasiewicz, who had ten digs and nine kills.
Cicero-North Syracuse kept the net locked down and finished the game with 11 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least five blocks in eight consecutive games.
Baldwinsville's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Cicero-North Syracuse, their victory bumped their record up to 5-14.
Baldwinsville was able to grind out a solid win over Cicero-North Syracuse when the teams last played back in October, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Cicero-North Syracuse's Grady Kennedy, who had 13 digs, a kill, and 26 assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Baldwinsville still be able to contain Kennedy? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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