On Thursday Westerly will have to hit the road after five straight games at home. They and the Mt. Hope Huskies will meet in a canine-themed contest at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Westerly is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cumberland, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Westerly was ranked 18th). Westerly came out on top against Cumberland by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-13, 23-25, 25-14.
Westerly can attribute much of their success to Lila Wycall, who had five digs and four aces, and Ava Ullrich, who had three digs and two aces.
They weren't the only good server: Westerly 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 five aces in 33 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Mt. Hope waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Patriots as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Westerly's record is now 8-6. As for Mt. Hope, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season.
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