The East Hartford Hornets will challenge the Conard Red Wolves at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
East Hartford is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Newington, who was ranked fifth at the time (East Hartford was ranked 20th). The Hornets came up short against the Nor'easters on Monday, falling 3-0.
East Hartford was not able to win a set, but it sure wasn't from a lack of trying: every set was decided by exactly three points. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-22, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Conard had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Monday. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Spartans.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Conard took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-13, 25-10.
Conard pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for East Hartford, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
East Hartford was able to grind out a solid victory over Conard when the teams last played back in May of 2024, winning 3-1. Do the Hornets have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Red Wolves turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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