The Wheeling Wildcats will face off against the Leyden Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Leyden took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Wheeling, who comes in off a win.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Wheeling and Conant, and Wheeling kept the tradition alive. The Wildcats had just enough and edged out the Cougars 2-1 on Thursday.
Wheeling had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-22, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Leyden came up short against Fenton on Thursday and fell 2-0.
While Leyden was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-13.
Wheeling's win bumped their record up to 12-8. As for Leyden, their loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-11.
Wheeling came out on top in a nail-biter against Leyden in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Eagles turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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