The South Allegheny Gladiators will challenge the Keystone Oaks Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keystone Oaks took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on South Allegheny, who comes in off a win.
Last Thursday, South Allegheny sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Carlynton. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Gladiators.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was South Allegheny who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 24-26, 25-23, 19-25, 15-11.
South Allegheny was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 15 consecutive games.
Keystone Oaks kicked off their season on the road on September 5th and hit a couple of potholes. They fell 3-1 to South Allegheny.
The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-6, 21-25, 25-21.
South Allegheny pushed their record up to 12-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Keystone Oaks, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
South Allegheny was able to grind out a solid victory over Keystone Oaks in their previous matchup on September 5th, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Allegheny 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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