The Enfield Eagles will venture away from home to challenge the Tolland Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Enfield has six straight victories, Tolland has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Friday, Enfield had just enough and edged East Catholic out 3-2.
Enfield wouldn't go down easily and took East Catholic into a fifth set where they got it done with a seven-point win. The final score came out to 25-23, 17-25, 23-25, 25-11, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Tolland didn't have quite enough to beat Newington on Tuesday and fell 3-2. While the Eagles didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Nor'easters 26-24 in the first set.
Tolland took Newington into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking six-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-16, 18-25, 25-20, 15-9.
Enfield pushed their record up to 14-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Tolland, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-10.
Enfield was able to grind out a solid victory over Tolland in their previous matchup back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Enfield since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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