The Newington Nor'easters will head out to face off against the Tolland Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Newington has six straight victories, Tolland has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, Newington was able to grind out a solid win over Windsor, taking the game 3-1.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 20-25, 25-18, 25-21.
Newington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Tolland lost 3-0 to Coventry on Monday.
While Tolland was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Coventry's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-8, 25-22.
Newington is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Tolland, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-9.
Newington took their victory against Tolland when the teams last played back in October of 2022 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Newington since the team 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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