The Middletown Islanders will face off against the Barrington Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Middletown comes in on four and Barrington on ten.
Last Tuesday, Middletown earned a 3-1 victory over St. Mary Academy-Bay View.
Middletown had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 25-27, 25-22, 25-22, 25-16.
Middletown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 13 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Barrington made easy work of Exeter-West Greenwich on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
One reason for the win was Barrington's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-16, 25-15.
Barrington can attribute much of their success to Morgan Martin, who had 11 digs and three aces.
Middletown is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Barrington, their victory was their 13th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-2.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Middletown has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 16.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Barrington struggles in that department as they've been averaging 24.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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