Princeton is on a 21-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Williamstown is on a eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Princeton Tigers will host the Williamstown Braves at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Princeton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: Old Bridge, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Princeton was ranked tenth). Princeton narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Old Bridge 2-1.
Princeton had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-15, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Williamstown earned a 2-0 victory over Clearview on Wednesday.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Williamstown was: they took both sets by at least 19 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-5, 25-6.
Williamstown 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 five aces in 13 consecutive games.
Princeton's win bumped their record up to 16-1. As for Williamstown, their victory bumped their record up to 20-0.
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