The North Pole Patriots will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Wasilla Warriors at 12:30 p.m.
North Pole is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Colony, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (North Pole was ranked 24th). North Pole took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Colony on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Patriots in their matchups with the Knights: they've now lost seven in a row.
North Pole took a 1-1 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-19, 21-25, 25-15, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Wasilla had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They blew past the Golden Bears 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-15, 25-21.
Wasilla was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in six consecutive matches.
The loss snapped North Pole's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 7-10-2 record. As for Wasilla, their win was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-2.
North Pole came up short against Wasilla when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can North Pole avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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