Plainfield and Montville are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The Plainfield Panthers are on the road again on Monday to play the Montville Wolves at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Wednesday, Plainfield didn't have quite enough to beat Lyman Memorial and fell 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Plainfield sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 17-25, 15-10.
Plainfield's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Shae Valentin, who had 22 digs, and Paityn Caron, who had 16 digs.
Meanwhile, Montville came up short against Lyman Memorial on Friday and fell 3-1.
Montville took a 1-1 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-22, 12-25, 25-12, 25-22.
Even though they lost, Montville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive matchups.
Plainfield's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Montville, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's contest: Plainfield has serving mastered this season, having averaged 11.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Montville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 13.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Plainfield suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Montville when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Plainfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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