After flying high against Pen Argyl last Monday, Notre Dame-Green Pond came back down to earth. The Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders lost 3-0 to the Southern Lehigh Spartans on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Crusaders in their matchups with the Spartans: they've now lost six in a row.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-13, 25-20.
Notre Dame-Green Pond lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Hannah Lilly, who had eight digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Brianna Banaag, who had four aces.
Southern Lehigh was led to victory by Trinity-Sky Hunte and Mia Stanten. Hunte had five digs and four aces, while Stanten had five digs. That's the most aces Hunte has posted since last Thursday.
The defeat snapped Notre Dame-Green Pond's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-3 record. As for Southern Lehigh, they pushed their record up to 8-1-2 with that victory, which was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Notre Dame-Green Pond will play host again on Tuesday to welcome Saucon Valley, where is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. As for Southern Lehigh, they will welcome Catasauqua at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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