The Darien Blue Wave will take on the Staples Wreckers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Darien will be looking to keep their 25-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Darien is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Ridgefield as Darien made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Darien was: they took every set by at least 25 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-0, 25-0, 25-0.
Darien was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Staples narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Maloney 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wreckers.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Staples who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 13-25, 25-20, 21-25, 15-10.
Darien's win bumped their record up to 22-2. As for Staples, the victory got them back to even at 10-10.
Everything went Darien's way against Staples in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Darien made off with a 3-0 win. Will Darien repeat their success, or does Staples have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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