Volleyball Recap: Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/Bulkeley Takes a Loss

If Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/Bulkeley was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of CREC [Civic Leaderdship/Academy of Aerospace and Engineering/Metropolitan Learning Center] on Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/Bulkeley lost 3-0 to the Norwich Free Academy Wildcats on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/Bulkeley in their meetings with Norwich Free Academy: they've now lost three in a row.

The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Norwich Free Academy scored at least 17 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-17, 25-23.

Ryan Rivera paced Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/Bulkeley's offense, picking up eight kills. Rivera got some help from Christopher Hernandez and his 14 assists. Rivera was also solid from the service line: he led the team with three aces.

Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/Bulkeley's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Norwich Free Academy, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 9-7.

Sports & Medical Sciences Academy/Bulkeley has already played their next match (against Norwich RVT), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Norwich Free Academy also has no score uploaded for their next contest, this one against Capital Prep.