Belmont is 2-8 against Bernstein since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Belmont Sentinels will take on the Bernstein Dragons at 4:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Belmont will bounce into Wednesday's matchup after beating Contreras, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Belmont narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Contreras 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Sentinels.
Belmont wouldn't go down easily and took Contreras into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 26-11, 26-24, 20-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Bernstein earned a 3-1 win over Robert F. Kennedy Community on Wednesday.
Bernstein was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-6, 22-25, 25-20.
America Villa went supernova for Bernstein, getting 28 digs. Villa has been hot recently, having posted 28 or more digs the last five times she's played.
Bernstein was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in three consecutive matches.
Belmont's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-11-1. As for Bernstein, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-6-1.
Belmont might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Bernstein when the teams last played back in September. Can Belmont avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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