The Dracut Middies will head out on the road to take on the Academy of Notre Dame Lancers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Dracut and North Andover, and North Andover kept the tradition alive. The Middies fell just short of the Scarlet Knights by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. While the Middies didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Scarlet Knights 25-20 in the first set.
Dracut wouldn't go down easily and took North Andover into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-12, 27-29, 25-21, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Academy of Notre Dame came up short against Northeast Metro RVT on Thursday and fell 3-1.
Academy of Notre Dame's defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Dracut, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 3-5.
Everything went Dracut's way against Academy of Notre Dame when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as Dracut made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Middies 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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