The Shrewsbury Colonials will head out to take on the Acton-Boxborough Colonials at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, Shrewsbury made easy work of Ayer Shirley and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Colonials.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Shrewsbury was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-7, 25-12.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Shrewsbury to victory, but perhaps none more so than Julia Harasim, who had four aces and 16 assists. Those four aces gave Harasim a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Erin Boulay, who had nine aces and four kills.
Shrewsbury couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 45.2% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Acton-Boxborough, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Bedford on Wednesday.
Shrewsbury has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season. As for Acton-Boxborough, their victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-3.
Shrewsbury came up short against Acton-Boxborough in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Acton-Boxborough's Sanskriti Nistala, who had 15 digs and seven aces. Now that Shrewsbury knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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