Wellsboro hasn't had much luck against North Penn-Liberty recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Wellsboro Hornets will be playing in front of their home fans against the North Penn-Liberty Mountie at 6:00 p.m.
Last Saturday, Wellsboro didn't have quite enough to beat Coudersport and fell 3-2.
Wellsboro took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 21-25, 19-25, 25-21, 15-12.
Despite their defeat, Wellsboro saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Taylor Main, who had 14 digs and seven aces, was perhaps the best of all. The dominant performance gave Main a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddy Cruttenden, who had 23 digs.
Even though they lost, Wellsboro 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 13 aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, North Penn-Liberty got the win against Galeton on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mountie.
North Penn-Liberty was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-14, 25-17.
Wellsboro's loss dropped their record down to 9-3. As for North Penn-Liberty, their win bumped their record up to 8-4-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: Wellsboro has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 12.3 aces per game. However, it's not like North Penn-Liberty struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Wellsboro beat North Penn-Liberty 3-1 in their previous matchup on September 10th. Does Wellsboro have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Penn-Liberty turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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