The Newington Nor'easters will venture away from home to face off against the Woodstock Academy Centaurs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Newington will be strutting in after a victory while Woodstock Academy will be coming in after a defeat.
Newington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: East Hartford, who was ranked 18th at the time (Newington was ranked fifth). The Nor'easters blew past the Hornets 3-0 on Monday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Nor'easters.
One reason for the win was Newington's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Woodstock Academy unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 3-1 to Newtown.
The 3-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Woodstock Academy lost were decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 27-25, 26-24, 23-25, 25-23.
Woodstock Academy's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Newington, their win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 17-6.
Newington took their victory against Woodstock Academy when the teams last played back in April of 2024 by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Nor'easters repeat their success, or do the Centaurs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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