New Canaan lost against Trumbull back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The New Canaan Rams fell 3-1 to the Trumbull Eagles. The Rams haven't had much luck with the Eagles recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
While New Canaan ultimately came up short, they really made Trumbull work, particularly in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-21, 22-25, 26-24.
Even though they lost, New Canaan was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in nine consecutive games.
Trumbull was led to victory by Alexandra Link and Alexa Palo. Link had ten digs and four aces, while Palo had six aces. The dominant performance gave Link a new career-high in aces.
New Canaan's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-10. As for Trumbull, they pushed their record up to 13-5 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road.
New Canaan has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 defeat against Ridgefield on the 21st. As for Trumbull, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Westhill at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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