Nonnewaug hasn't had much luck against Northwestern Regional recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Nonnewaug Chiefs will look to defend their home court against the Northwestern Regional Highlanders at 5:15 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Nonnewaug comes in on nine and Northwestern Regional on four.
On Monday, Nonnewaug made easy work of New Milford and carried off a 3-0 win.
Nonnewaug was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-23, 25-11.
Nonnewaug was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 18 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Northwestern Regional got the win against Housatonic on Friday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 28-26, 25-16, 25-23.
Nonnewaug pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Northwestern Regional, their win bumped their record up to 6-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Nonnewaug has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 16.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Northwestern Regional struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Nonnewaug might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Northwestern Regional when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Nonnewaug avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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