The Shelton Gaels will square off against the Cheshire Rams at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Shelton will be strutting in after a victory while Cheshire will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Monday, Shelton beat Norwich Free Academy 3-1.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (92-91) Shelton actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 15-25, 25-21, 25-22.
Shelton's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Arianna Suarez Moura, who had 23 digs and two aces, and Chloe Pierre, who had four digs, three kills, three blocks, and two aces. Suarez Moura is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last ten games she's played dating back to last season.
Shelton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Cheshire was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Woodstock Academy by a score of 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Cheshire sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-23, 22-25, 25-19, 19-25, 15-13.
The win got Shelton back to even at 8-8. As for Cheshire, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
Shelton was able to grind out a solid victory over Cheshire when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Cheshire's Gabriella Scotti, who had 21 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Shelton still be able to contain Scotti? There's only one way to find out.
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