Volleyball Preview: Mansfield Hornets vs. Stoughton Black Knights
Mansfield has gone 8-2 against Stoughton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Mansfield Hornets will welcome the Stoughton Black Knights at 5:30 p.m. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Mansfield and three for Stoughton.
Mansfield lost 3-0 to Oliver Ames on Thursday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-20, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Stoughton didn't have quite enough to beat Brockton on Friday and fell 3-2.
Stoughton took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-21, 26-28, 19-25, 25-13, 15-11.
Stoughton's loss came about despite a quality game from Amy Nguyen, who had 11 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Nguyen has posted since back in September.
Even though they lost, Stoughton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matches.
Mansfield's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Stoughton, their loss dropped their record down to 6-11.
Everything went Mansfield's way against Stoughton in their previous matchup back in September, as Mansfield made off with a 3-0 win. Does Mansfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Stoughton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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