The Windham Whippets will square off against the Bolton Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The timing is sure in Windham's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while Bolton has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Windham will bounce into Monday's game after beating Ledyard, who they had gone 0-6 against in their six prior meetings. Windham had just enough and edged Ledyard out 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (105-104) Windham actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-20, 26-24, 15-25, 15-11.
Windham was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 18 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Bolton came up short against Rockville on Friday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-12, 25-16.
Windham has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Bolton, their loss dropped their record down to 4-13.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: Windham has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 15.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Bolton struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Windham took their victory against Bolton when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Windham repeat their success, or does Bolton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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