Volleyball Preview: Middletown Islanders vs. Barrington Eagles
The Middletown Islanders will square off against the Barrington Eagles at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Middletown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Mt. Hope. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Islanders.
While Middletown might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Mt. Hope scored at least 19 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 29-27, 23-25, 25-19.
Middletown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 18 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Barrington had already won 14 in a row and they went ahead and made it 15 on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Northmen with a sharp 3-0 win.
Barrington was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-11, 25-21.
Barrington's victory bumped their record up to 17-2. As for Middletown, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season.
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