Perkiomen School has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to square off against the Germantown Academy Patriots at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, Perkiomen School was able to grind out a solid win over Agnes Irwin, taking the game 3-1.
Perkiomen School had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-15.
Perkiomen School was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Germantown Academy had won two straight games and Nicole Ward did her part to make it three on Tuesday. Germantown Academy put the hurt on Mercersburg Academy with a sharp 3-0 victory thanks in part to Ward, who had seven aces and four digs. Those seven aces gave her a new career-high.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Germantown Academy was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-5, 25-14.
Perkiomen School is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Germantown Academy, they pushed their record up to 19-8-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Perkiomen School might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Germantown Academy in their previous meeting back in September. Can Perkiomen School avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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