With just over two weeks left in the volleyball season, all three of Bethlehem’s teams appear poised for the District 11 postseason, barring second half collapses.

Freedom (9-5, 5-5) pushed themselves in position with a four-game win streak that continued on Monday with a sweep [25-19, 29-27, 25-23] over Easton.

It’s been a story of inconsistency for the Patriots this season, as they’ve defeated the teams they’re supposed to, but haven’t been able to register that signature win on the season.

“We are inconsistent during matches,” said head coach John Yanek. “However, we are actually very consistent at other times. I believe we are near where I thought we would be, but we haven’t exceeded expectations.”

Yanek can point to an early season loss to Nazareth in five games and a recent defeat to Bethlehem Catholic in four games as evidence at the Pates inconsistency.

“Nazareth would have been a huge win for us, as we were up 2-0,” he said, “and the loss to Bethlehem Catholic was disappointing. We have the ability. We just can’t seem to finish the deal.”

The Pates will have a tough task on Wednesday night taking on an undefeated Whitehall (11-0) team at home, but rounding out the week against Pocono Mountain East (1-11).

With Emmaus (10-0), Northampton (6-4) and Liberty (7-4) rounding out the schedule in three of their last four matches, Freedom will need every win they can get in order to solidify a postseason berth.

“We’ve been working hard on defense and serve-receive,” said Yanek. “That will separate us from other teams, since our hitting is average. We need to concentrate on passion, drive and belief.”

Liberty (7-4, 6-4) entered an important week, but started off with a loss to Parkland in three games [16-25, 11-25, 15-25] Monday evening.

They have a rivalry tilt against Bethlehem Catholic on Wednesday and then close out the week against Dieruff (5-9).

Bethlehem Catholic (6-4, 5-4) has two important dates this week, with the aforementioned contest with Liberty on Wednesday. They have a Friday home match against Nazareth (8-3)with the hopes of being the first team in the city to knock off the Blue Eagles.