Xavier is 0-3 against Newington since April of 2022 but things could change on Wednesday. The Falcons will face off against the Nor'easters at 5:00 p.m.
On Monday, Xavier didn't have quite enough to beat Shelton and fell 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Xavier sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 20-25, 25-21, 22-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Newington faced East Hartford in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. The Nor'easters put the hurt on the Hornets with a sharp 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Nor'easters.
The 3-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-22, 25-22.
Newington pushed their record up to 11-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Xavier, their loss dropped their record down to 2-5.
Xavier suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Newington in their previous matchup on April 11th. Can the Falcons avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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