The Freedom Irish will square off against the New London Bulldogs at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. New London took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Freedom, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, Freedom made easy work of Wrightstown and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Freedom walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-18, 25-11, 25-19.
Freedom can attribute much of their success to Keira Griesbach, who had ten digs and four aces. That's the most aces Griesbach has posted since back in August.
Griesbach wasn't the only good servers: Freedom was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, New London was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Seymour, falling 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-19, 25-12.
New London's defeat dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Freedom, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-10 record this season.
Freedom beat New London 2-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2019. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Irish since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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