The Western Wayne Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Pocono Mountain West Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Western Wayne has three straight wins, Pocono Mountain West has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Western Wayne proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by three) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Pocono Mountain East 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Wildcats have posted since April 20, 2024.
Western Wayne had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 17-25, 25-22, 25-18, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Pocono Mountain West came up short against Dallas on Thursday, falling 3-0.
Pocono Mountain West was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Dallas work for it, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 27-25, 25-22.
Pocono Mountain West's defeat dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Western Wayne, their win bumped their record up to 14-7.
Western Wayne couldn't quite get it done against Pocono Mountain West in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 as they fell 3-1. Can the Wildcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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