The Pleasant Valley Bears will square off against the Delaware Valley Warriors at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Pleasant Valley will head out to face Delaware Valley after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Pleasant Valley took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Stroudsburg. It was the first time this season that the Bears let down their fans at home.
Pleasant Valley started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-21.
Loss or not, Pleasant Valley got some senior leadership from Amiyah Poliseno and Ali Snyder. Poliseno had 25 digs and three aces, while Snyder had seven digs, two aces, and a block. Snyder also set a new season high mark in assists with 15.
Even though they lost, Pleasant Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 16 aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Delaware Valley entered their contest against Berwick on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Delaware Valley fell 3-1 to Berwick. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Delaware Valley took a 1-1 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 26-28, 25-14, 25-13.
Pleasant Valley's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-7. As for Delaware Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 4-2.
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