The Shrewsbury Colonials will face off against the Groton-Dunstable Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Shrewsbury is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Acton-Boxborough, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Shrewsbury was ranked 14th). Shrewsbury fell just short of Acton-Boxborough by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. While Shrewsbury didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating Acton-Boxborough 25-13 in the first set.
Shrewsbury actually scored more points across those five sets (107-101), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 13-25, 26-24, 25-19, 21-25, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Groton-Dunstable waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Crusaders 3-0.
While Groton-Dunstable won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-18, 25-18.
Groton-Dunstable was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 16 consecutive matches.
Shrewsbury's loss dropped their record down to 12-6. As for Groton-Dunstable, their victory bumped their record up to 11-6.
Shrewsbury took their win against Groton-Dunstable in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Shrewsbury have another victory up their sleeve, or will Groton-Dunstable turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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