Volleyball Game Preview: Amherst-Pelham Regional on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 12:22am

Volleyball Preview: Amherst-Pelham Regional Hurricanes vs. Westfield Bombers

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The Amherst-Pelham Regional Hurricanes will stay at home for another game and welcome the Westfield Bombers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Westfield is facing Amherst-Pelham Regional at the wrong time: Amherst-Pelham Regional suffered their first home loss of the season on Monday and they're likely out for redemption. They fell 3-1 to the Falcons.

The final score came out to 25-0, 19-25, 26-24, 25-0.

Despite the defeat, Amherst-Pelham Regional had strong showings from Rosalie Davis, who had four aces and ten assists, and Ella Austin, who had six aces and 13 assists.

She wasn't the only good server: Amherst-Pelham Regional was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.

Meanwhile, Westfield earned a 3-1 victory over Pope Francis Prep on Friday.

Westfield had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. After all that action, the final score was 16-25, 25-15, 25-10, 25-13.

Amherst-Pelham Regional's loss ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-3. As for Westfield, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.

Amherst-Pelham Regional was able to grind out a solid victory over Westfield when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Amherst-Pelham Regional repeat their success, or does Westfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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