Newtown hasn't had much luck against Joel Barlow recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Newtown Nighthawks will take on the Joel Barlow Falcons at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Newtown sitting on three straight victories and Joel Barlow on 16.
Last Saturday, Newtown got the win against New Fairfield by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Newtown was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-15, 25-9.
Meanwhile, everything went Joel Barlow's way against Weston on Thursday as Joel Barlow made off with a 3-0 win.
While Joel Barlow won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-16, 25-22.
Zoriana Olexy was the offensive standout of the game as she had nine digs.
Newtown has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-9 record this season. As for Joel Barlow, they pushed their record up to 18-2 with the victory, which was their 20th straight at home dating back to last season.
Newtown might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Joel Barlow when the teams last played on October 10th. Can Newtown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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