The Hamilton Heights Huskies will face off against the New Castle Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, Hamilton Heights got the win against Marion by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Huskies.
The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-11, 25-17.
Meanwhile, New Castle waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Raiders 3-0.
New Castle's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Wapahani to exactly 16 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-16, 25-16.
New Castle was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive contests.
Hamilton Heights' win was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 25-4. As for New Castle, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-9 record this season.
Hamilton Heights came up short against New Castle in their previous matchup back in September of 2017, falling 2-0. Can Hamilton Heights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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