Darien is 8-2 against Ridgefield since October of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Darien Blue Wave will challenge the Ridgefield Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Darien will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Darien is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Greenwich, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Darien was ranked second). Darien came out on top against Greenwich by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 16-25, 25-23, 25-22.
Darien kept the net locked down and finished the game with 18 blocks. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now had at least six blocks in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Ridgefield had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Nor'easters.
Ridgefield 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 21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-15.
Darien pushed their record up to 21-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Ridgefield, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6-1 record this season.
Darien came out on top in a nail-biter against Ridgefield in their previous matchup back in October, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Ridgefield's Brenna Williams, who had three kills, three digs, and 30 assists. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Darien still be able to contain Williams? There's only one way to find out.
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