The Lehighton Indians will take on the Pen Argyl Green Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Lehighton will be strutting in after a victory while Pen Argyl will be coming in after a defeat.
Lehighton took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Nativity BVM.
Lehighton had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-27, 25-20, 25-11, 15-10.
Lehighton can attribute much of their success to Lyla Kershner, who had 31 digs and a kill, and Breanna Demage, who had 12 digs. Kershner is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 17 or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Pen Argyl was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They fell just short of Notre Dame-Green Pond by a score of 3-2.
Pen Argyl wouldn't go down easily and took Notre Dame-Green Pond into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-12, 25-27, 21-25, 15-13.
Lehighton's victory bumped their record up to 11-8. As for Pen Argyl, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-9.
Lehighton was able to grind out a solid win over Pen Argyl when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. Does Lehighton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pen Argyl turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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