Newington has been on the road for three straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will host the Wethersfield Eagles at 5:45 p.m. Wethersfield took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Newington, who comes in off a win.
On Friday, Newington made easy work of Bloomfield and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Newington was: they took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-9, 25-8.
Sofia Guida had a dynamite game for Newington, getting ten aces and a kill. The dominant performance gave Guida a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Sasha Tashuck, who had six aces and four digs.
She wasn't the only good server: Newington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 41 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Wethersfield came up short against Norwich Free Academy on Wednesday, falling 3-0. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-15, 25-12.
Newington is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season. As for Wethersfield, their loss dropped their record down to 13-6.
Everything went Newington's way against Wethersfield when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Newington made off with a 3-0 win. Does Newington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wethersfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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