Volleyball Preview: Middletown Islanders vs. Cumberland Clippers
The Middletown Islanders will face off against the Cumberland Clippers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Middletown will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Middletown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Barrington, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Middletown was ranked ninth). Middletown fell just short of Barrington by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Islanders' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Middletown took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 17-25, 22-25, 25-18, 15-9.
Even though they lost, Middletown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 14 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Cumberland made easy work of Exeter-West Greenwich on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Cumberland never let Exeter-West Greenwich on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-10, 25-22.
Middletown's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-5. As for Cumberland, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season.
Middletown came up short against Cumberland in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Middletown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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