Volleyball Preview: Minnechaug Regional Falcons vs. Longmeadow Lancers
The Minnechaug Regional Falcons are taking a road trip to challenge the Longmeadow Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Minnechaug Regional sitting on three straight victories and Longmeadow on eight.
Minnechaug Regional will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating Amherst-Pelham Regional, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Minnechaug Regional won by a set and slipped past Amherst-Pelham Regional 3-2.
Minnechaug Regional took Amherst-Pelham Regional into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 0-25, 25-0, 25-0, 0-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Longmeadow faced Baystate Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Longmeadow put the hurt on Baystate Academy with a sharp 3-0 win.
Longmeadow never let Baystate Academy on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-13, 25-15.
Longmeadow can attribute much of their success to Ari Sluis, who had six aces and four digs, and Chloe Scott, who had ten digs, four aces, and three kills. That's the most aces Sluis has posted in her last six contests.
Longmeadow was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in eight consecutive matches.
Minnechaug Regional has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Longmeadow, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Minnechaug Regional might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Longmeadow when the teams last played back in September. Can Minnechaug Regional avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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