Volleyball Preview: Newton North Tigers vs. Weymouth Wildcats
Newton North has gone 10-0 against Weymouth recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers dukes it out withthe Weymouth Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Newton North will be looking to keep their 21-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Newton North is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Brookline just ended the team's 31-game winning streak dating back to last season on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to the Warriors. The matchup marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Newton North might've come up short, but they didn't make it easy on Brookline: every set was decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 26-24, 24-26, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Weymouth was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell just short of Milton by a score of 3-2. While Weymouth didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating Milton 25-17 in the first set.
Weymouth took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-10, 21-25, 25-10, 15-5.
Newton North's loss ended a 14-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 17-1. As for Weymouth, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-18.
Newton North took their victory against Weymouth when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Newton North repeat their success, or does Weymouth have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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