Volleyball Preview: Amity Regional Spartans vs. Shelton Gaels
Amity Regional has gone 10-0 against Shelton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Amity Regional Spartans will host the Shelton Gaels at 5:00 p.m. Amity Regional is coming into the contest hot, having won their last nine games.
Amity Regional is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Sacred Heart Academy, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Amity Regional was ranked seventh). Everything went Amity Regional's way against Sacred Heart Academy on Monday as Amity Regional made off with a 3-0 win.
Amity Regional never let Sacred Heart Academy on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-14, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Shelton came up short against Foran on Monday and fell 3-1.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Foran scored at least 17 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-19, 25-27, 25-23.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Arianna Suarez Moura, who had 25 digs and two kills. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Tou, who had nine digs, two kills, and two kills.
Amity Regional pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Shelton, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season.
Amity Regional took their win against Shelton in their previous matchup on September 5th by a conclusive 3-0. Will Amity Regional repeat their success, or does Shelton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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