The Reading Memorial Rockets are taking a road trip to square off against the Billerica Memorial Indians at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Reading Memorial took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. Everything went their way against South as Reading Memorial made off with a 3-0 victory.
Reading Memorial's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping South between 18 and 20 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-20, 25-18.
Reading Memorial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 37 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Billerica Memorial put another one in the bag last Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Danvers.
The win didn't come easy: Danvers scored at least 16 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-12, 25-16.
Reading Memorial pushed their record up to 9-12 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Billerica Memorial, their win bumped their record up to 20-0.
Reading Memorial took their victory against Billerica Memorial in their previous matchup back in November of 2015 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Reading Memorial since the squad 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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