The Pottsville Crimson Tide will square off against the Panther Valley Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Pottsville sitting on five straight victories and Panther Valley on six.
Last Thursday, Pottsville earned a 3-1 win over Pine Grove.
Pottsville had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-11, 25-18, 25-19.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pottsville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Megan Yost, who had five kills, four digs, and 34 assists. Yost is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 25 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Anna Burke, who had nine kills, four blocks, and four aces.
Meanwhile, Panther Valley got the win against Lehighton on Saturday by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Panther Valley was: they took every set by at least 25 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-0, 25-0, 25-0.
Pottsville pushed their record up to 14-4 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Panther Valley, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3-2 record this season.
Pottsville came out on top in a nail-biter against Panther Valley when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pottsville since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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