Volleyball Preview: Newington Nor'easters vs. RHAM Raptors
Newington hasn't had much luck against RHAM recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Newington Nor'easters will venture away from home to square off against the RHAM Raptors at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Newington sitting on nine straight victories and RHAM on 13.
Last Monday, everything went Newington's way against Wethersfield as Newington made off with a 3-0 win.
Newington never let Wethersfield on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-15, 28-26.
Newington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, RHAM was able to grind out a solid victory over Cheshire on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 25-22.
Sami DeGray and Victoria Ciesla were among the main playmakers for RHAM as the former had nine digs and four aces and the latter had nine digs. Those four aces gave DeGray a new career-high.
Newington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-9 record this season. As for RHAM, they pushed their record up to 19-4 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: Newington has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 11 aces per game. However, it's not like RHAM struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Newington suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to RHAM when the teams last played back in September. Can Newington avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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