Volleyball Preview: Bellingham Blackhawks vs. Hopedale Blue Raiders
Bellingham is 1-7 against Hopedale since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Bellingham Blackhawks are on the road again to play the Hopedale Blue Raiders at 6:15 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Monday, Bellingham got the win against Blackstone-Millville by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bellingham was: they took every set by at least 25 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-0, 25-0, 25-0.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Bellingham to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sophia Soto, who had ten digs. Soto is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last 14 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kyla Cerone, who had four digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Bellingham was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Hopedale beat Southbridge 3-1 on Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 21-25, 25-16, 25-21.
Bellingham has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Hopedale, their win bumped their record up to 7-10.
Everything went Bellingham's way against Hopedale in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Bellingham made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bellingham since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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