Volleyball Preview: Newton Local Indians vs. Ansonia Tigers
Newton Local has gone 9-1 against Ansonia recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Newton Local Indians will square off against the Ansonia Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Newton Local is coming into the contest hot, having won their last four games.
Last Thursday, Newton Local made easy work of National Trail and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Newton Local was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-10, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Ansonia didn't have quite enough to beat Franklin Monroe on Thursday and fell 3-2. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Jets recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Ansonia actually scored more points across those five sets (110-106), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 15-25, 28-26, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12.
Newton Local is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Ansonia, their loss dropped their record down to 10-10.
Newton Local was able to grind out a solid victory over Ansonia in their previous meeting back in August, winning 2-0. Does Newton Local have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ansonia turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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