The Arlington Spy Ponders will venture away from home to square off against the Belmont Marauders at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Arlington has four straight wins, Belmont has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Arlington barely beat Burlington the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Spy Ponders put the hurt on the Red Devils with a sharp 3-0 victory on Tuesday. While the Spy Ponders didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-13, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Belmont came up short against Lexington on Tuesday, falling 3-0.
While Belmont was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Lexington's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-18, 27-25.
Arlington pushed their record up to 6-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Belmont, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
Arlington took their victory against Belmont in their previous meeting back in May of 2024 by a conclusive 3-0 score. Will the Spy Ponders repeat their success, or do the Marauders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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