If Notre Dame-Green Pond was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Palmerton last Saturday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders fell 3-1 to the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers on Tuesday. The Crusaders were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Tigers apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in September.
Notre Dame-Green Pond was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Northwestern Lehigh work for it, especially in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 28-26, 25-20, 19-25, 25-20.
Northwestern Lehigh's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Lexi George, who had 25 digs and three aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Shannon Green, who had eight digs and 40 assists.
Notre Dame-Green Pond's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-8. As for Northwestern Lehigh, the victory got them back to even at 8-8.
Notre Dame-Green Pond will look to defend their home court on Monday against Marian Catholic at 7:00 p.m. As for Northwestern Lehigh, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-2 win against Jim Thorpe on the 2nd.
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