The East Bridgewater Vikings will stay at home for another game and welcome the Randolph Blue Devils at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday. East Bridgewater will be strutting in after a victory while Randolph will be coming in after a defeat.
East Bridgewater and Carver met for a duel last Monday where East Bridgewater came out on top. East Bridgewater walked away with a 3-1 win over Carver.
East Bridgewater had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 24-26, 25-8, 25-9, 25-15.
East Bridgewater's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ayla Kingman led the charge by getting six aces and five digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Maddie Blette, who had four digs, two aces, and a block.
East Bridgewater couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 68.2% of their attack attempts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Carver only posted a hitting percentage of 15.1%.
Meanwhile, Randolph was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 15th straight loss dating back to last season. They came up short against Carver, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-19, 25-9.
East Bridgewater is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Randolph, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-10.
Everything went East Bridgewater's way against Randolph when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as East Bridgewater made off with a 3-0 victory. Will East Bridgewater repeat their success, or does Randolph have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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