The Hampden Broncos will take on the Brewer Witches at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Hampden is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Ellsworth, who was ranked 18th at the time (Hampden was ranked 24th). The Broncos took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Eagles on Tuesday. The Broncos have struggled against the Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
The loss didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Ellsworth scored at least 18 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-18, 17-25, 25-22.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Brewer, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Mount Desert Island on Tuesday.
Brewer was actually outscored in aggregate across those four sets (95-93), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 16-25, 27-25, 25-22.
Hampden better keep an eye on Zoe Drake. She was instrumental in Brewer's win, getting 12 digs and two assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Carmen Bryant, who had 11 digs.
Hampden now has a losing record of 6-7. As for Brewer, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-4.
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