Volleyball Recap: Newington Beats Bloomfield for Their Eighth Straight Win

By Team Reports Oct 18, 2024, 7:54pm

Volleyball Recap: Newington Nor'easters vs. Bloomfield Warhawks

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Newington entered their tilt with Bloomfield on Friday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They put the hurt on the Bloomfield Warhawks with a sharp 3-0 victory. The Nor'easters have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Warhawks, too.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Newington took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-9, 25-8.

Sofia Guida was a one-man wrecking crew for Newington as she had ten aces and a kill. The dominant performance gave Guida a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Sasha Tashuck, who had six aces and four digs.

She wasn't the only good server: Newington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 41 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.

Newington pushed their record up to 10-9 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Bloomfield, they are on a 15-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-15.

Newington will look to defend their home court on Monday against Wethersfield at 5:45 p.m. As for Bloomfield, they will square off against Metropolitan Learning Center at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Bloomfield is facing Metropolitan Learning Center at the right time seeing as Metropolitan Learning Center is stuck on a five-game losing streak.

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