The Wayland Warriors will face off against the Wellesley Raiders at 5:15 p.m. on Monday.
Wayland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Acton-Boxborough, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Wayland was ranked 16th). Wayland took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Acton-Boxborough on Friday. It was the first time this season that the Warriors let down their fans at home.
Wayland started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-9, 25-21, 25-21.
Meanwhile, everything went Wellesley's way against Weymouth on Thursday as Wellesley made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-21, 25-15.
Wayland's loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-2. As for Wellesley, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season.
Wayland was able to grind out a solid victory over Wellesley in their previous matchup on September 13th, winning 3-1. Does Wayland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wellesley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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