The Ephrata Mountaineers will venture away from home to take on the Manheim Township Blue Streaks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Ephrata has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Manheim Township will come in with eight straight victories.
Last Tuesday, Ephrata didn't have quite enough to beat Lampeter-Strasburg and fell 3-2.
Ephrata wouldn't go down easily and took Lampeter-Strasburg into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 25-27, 25-22, 16-25, 25-19, 16-14.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Chloe Saylor, who had 25 digs and two aces. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last three games she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kierra Walters, who had 18 digs.
Meanwhile, Manheim Township made easy work of Shippensburg on Saturday and carried off a 3-0 win.
A big factor in the win was Manheim Township's feisty defense: they held Shippensburg to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-7, 25-6.
Ephrata's loss dropped their record down to 8-13-4. As for Manheim Township, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Ephrata suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Manheim Township in their previous matchup back in September. Can Ephrata avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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