After both having extra time off, the Middletown Islanders and the Mt. Hope Huskies will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Middletown is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Tuesday. They came out on top against Lincoln by a score of 3-1.
Middletown had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-18, 25-11, 25-13.
Middletown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 32 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Mt. Hope entered their tilt with Cumberland last Wednesday with ten consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 11. They blew past the Clippers 3-0.
While Mt. Hope might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Cumberland scored at least 18 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 27-25, 25-18.
Middletown pushed their record up to 12-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Mt. Hope, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Middletown came up short against Mt. Hope in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 3-1. Can Middletown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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