Volleyball Preview: New Haven Rockets vs. Sterling Heights Stallions
New Haven is 3-0 against Sterling Heights since September of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, New Haven had just enough and edged Clawson out 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Rockets.
New Haven took Clawson into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-23, 24-26, 19-25, 15-7.
Meanwhile, Sterling Heights waltzed into their game on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Vikings by a score of 3-1.
Sterling Heights had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-13, 25-9, 25-17.
Sterling Heights was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in four consecutive matches.
The win got New Haven back to even at 2-2. As for Sterling Heights, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3-1.
Everything went New Haven's way against Sterling Heights in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as New Haven made off with a 3-0 win. Will New Haven repeat their success, or does Sterling Heights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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