The Staples Wreckers are on the road again on Saturday to play the Darien Blue Wave at 1:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Staples is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Maloney 3-2.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Staples who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 13-25, 25-20, 21-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Darien had already won six in a row and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They blew past the Tigers 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Darien was: they took every set by at least 25 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-0, 25-0, 25-0.
Darien was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive matches.
Darien's win was their 25th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-2. As for Staples, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Staples might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Darien in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Staples avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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