Volleyball Recap: Dynamic Duo of Maddie Mulderig and Gabriella Poirier Lead Patchogue-Medford to Victory

By Team Reports Oct 25, 2024, 8:08am

Volleyball Recap: Patchogue-Medford Raiders vs. Sachem East

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Patchogue-Medford had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They won by a set and slipped past Sachem East 3-2. For the Raiders, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 loss the walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September.

Patchogue-Medford was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-21, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13.

Patchogue-Medford was led to victory by Gabriella Poirier and Maddie Mulderig. Poirier had 20 digs, while Mulderig had six digs and six aces. Mulderig is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served three or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.

Patchogue-Medford was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 21 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.

Patchogue-Medford has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Sachem East, they moved to 3-1 with that defeat, which also ended their four-game winning streak.

Patchogue-Medford will square off against Brentwood at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Patchogue-Medford is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road. Sachem East does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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