North Pole proved they can win big last Thursday (they won by three) and on Thursday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Sitka Wolves 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Patriots have posted since September 6, 2024.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (103-87) North Pole actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 25-20, 25-20, 8-25, 15-13.
North Pole's victory bumped their record up to 2-0.
They will have a chance to go back-to-back against Sitka: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 9:00 a.m. on Friday.
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