RHAM is on a six-game streak of home wins, while Newington is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The RHAM Raptors will host the Newington Nor'easters at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, RHAM earned a 3-1 victory over Cheshire.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 25-22.
RHAM can attribute much of their success to Sami DeGray, who had nine digs and four aces, and Victoria Ciesla, who had nine digs. The dominant performance gave DeGray a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, everything went Newington's way against Wethersfield on Monday as Newington made off with a 3-0 win.
Newington never let Wethersfield on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-15, 28-26.
Newington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive contests.
RHAM has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Newington, their victory bumped their record up to 11-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's match: RHAM has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Newington struggles in that department as they've been averaging 11. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
RHAM took their win against Newington in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will RHAM repeat their success, or does Newington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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