The Point Pleasant Big Blacks are taking a road trip to face off against the Hoover Huskies at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Point Pleasant is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Last Saturday, Point Pleasant came up short against Tolsia and fell 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Hoover faced James Monroe in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Hoover fell just short of James Monroe by a score of 2-1. The Huskies' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Hoover sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 18-28, 15-10.
Despite the defeat, Hoover saw an underclassman step up: Lilli Lancaster had two aces and 13 assists. That's the most aces Lancaster has posted in her last ten contests.
Point Pleasant's loss dropped their record down to 6-14. As for Hoover, their defeat ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 30-6-1.
Point Pleasant came up short against Hoover when the teams last played back in October of 2022, falling 2-0. Can Point Pleasant avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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