Longmeadow is on a ten-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Minnechaug Regional is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Longmeadow Lancers will host the Minnechaug Regional Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Longmeadow is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Baystate Academy, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Longmeadow was ranked second). Everything went Longmeadow's way against Baystate Academy on Friday as Longmeadow made off with a 3-0 win.
While Longmeadow won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-13, 25-15.
Longmeadow can attribute much of their success to Ari Sluis, who had six aces and four digs, and Chloe Scott, who had ten digs, four aces, and three kills. That's the most aces Sluis has posted in her last six contests.
Longmeadow 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 eight aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Minnechaug Regional hadn't done well against Amherst-Pelham Regional recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Minnechaug Regional skirted past Amherst-Pelham Regional 3-2.
Minnechaug Regional took Amherst-Pelham Regional into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 0-25, 25-0, 25-0, 0-25, 15-13.
Longmeadow's victory bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Minnechaug Regional, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Longmeadow took their win against Minnechaug Regional when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Longmeadow repeat their success, or does Minnechaug Regional have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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