After both having extra time off, the Mt. Hope Huskies and the Barrington Eagles will shake off the rust and duke it out at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mt. Hope is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over St. Mary Academy-Bay View. The victory continues a trend for the Huskies in their matchups with the Bengals: they've now won six in a row.
Meanwhile, Barrington made easy work of North Smithfield on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Barrington's got stronger as the match went on, holding North Smithfield to fewer and fewer points set over set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-19, 25-11.
Mt. Hope better focus on containing Emma McCrann and Lilly Floriani as the pair were huge in Barrington's win. McCrann had 13 digs and nine aces, while Floriani had 23 digs. That's the most aces McCrann has posted since back in September.
Barrington's victory bumped their record up to 16-3. As for Mt. Hope, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Mt. Hope came out on top in a nail-biter against Barrington in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Huskies repeat their success, or do the Eagles have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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