Volleyball Preview: Nonnewaug Chiefs vs. Northwestern Regional Highlanders
Nonnewaug is 2-8 against Northwestern Regional since November of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Nonnewaug Chiefs will square off against the Northwestern Regional Highlanders at 5:00 p.m. Nonnewaug is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Nonnewaug extended their home winning streak to 14 games dating back to last season thanks to a huge performance from Ava Parks. Nonnewaug blew past Housatonic-Lakeview 3-0 on Friday thanks in part to Parks, who had five aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Nonnewaug was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-12, 25-6.
Nonnewaug was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 27 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Northwestern Regional was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to Canton. While the Highlanders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Warriors 25-22 in the first set.
Northwestern Regional started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-8, 25-14, 25-21.
Nonnewaug's victory bumped their record up to 18-0. As for Northwestern Regional, their loss dropped their record down to 10-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's game: Nonnewaug has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 16.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Northwestern Regional struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Nonnewaug took their win against Northwestern Regional in their previous matchup on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0. Does Nonnewaug have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northwestern Regional turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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