The Arlington Spy Ponders will face off against the Belmont Marauders at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Arlington lost 3-0 to Methuen on Friday. The Spy Ponders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-18, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Belmont had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Patriots 3-2.
Belmont took Concord-Carlisle into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-20, 25-20, 21-25, 15-11.
Belmont was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in 35 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Arlington's loss dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Belmont, their win bumped their record up to 9-6.
Arlington suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Belmont in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Belmont's Sophia Qin, who had six aces and four digs. Now that Arlington knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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