The Lexington Minutemen will take on the Acton-Boxborough Revolution at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Lexington is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Brookline just ended the team's 17-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors. The contest marked the Minutemen's lowest-scoring game so far this season.
While Brookline got the win, Lexington sure made them earn it: two sets took extra rallies. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 26-24, 23-25, 25-17.
Acton-Boxborough extended their winning streak to five games thanks to a huge performance from Caeden Fong. The Revolution came within a single set of losing the streak, but they secured a 3-2 W against Winchester for which the team can thank Fong, who had eight digs and three aces. He has been hot, having posted two or more aces the last five times he's played.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Acton-Boxborough got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 23-25, 25-17, 27-29, 15-6.
Lexington's defeat dropped their record down to 17-2. As for Acton-Boxborough, they pushed their record up to 12-5 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Lexington was able to grind out a solid victory over Acton-Boxborough in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, winning 3-1. Will the Minutemen repeat their success, or do the Revolution have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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