The Needham Rockets will head out to face off against the Wayland Warriors at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Needham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Wayland, who was ranked first at the time (Needham was ranked second). The Rockets fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. The Rockets' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Needham wouldn't go down easily and took Wayland into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-22, 22-25, 17-25, 15-13.
Needham better focus on containing Mason Lee and Alex Pearlman as the pair were huge in Wayland's win. Lee had 11 digs and two assists, while Pearlman had 16 digs, 12 kills, and one block. Lee is on a roll when it comes to digs, as he's now had 11 or more in each of the last five games he's played.
The victory (which was Wayland's 13th in a row) raised their record to 18-2. As for Needham, their loss dropped their record down to 18-4.
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