Volleyball Game Preview: Reading Memorial Rockets vs. Longmeadow Lancers

By Team Reports Oct 3, 2024, 12:14am

Volleyball Preview: Reading Memorial Rockets vs. Longmeadow Lancers

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Reading Memorial and Longmeadow are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Reading Memorial Rockets will venture away from home to take on the Longmeadow Lancers at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Reading Memorial came up short against Wakefield Memorial on Monday, falling 3-0. The Rockets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

While Reading Memorial was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Wakefield Memorial's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-16, 25-18.

Meanwhile, Longmeadow put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Minnechaug Regional with a sharp 3-0 win.

Reading Memorial's loss dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Longmeadow, their victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0.

Reading Memorial suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Longmeadow in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Can Reading Memorial avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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