Canton hasn't had much luck against Northwestern Regional recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Canton Warriors will face off against the Northwestern Regional Highlanders at 5:15 p.m. Canton will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Monday, Canton narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Valley Regional 3-2.
Canton was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-18, 18-25, 25-13, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Northwestern Regional came up short against Nonnewaug on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The Highlanders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Northwestern Regional was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-22, 25-20.
Canton is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Northwestern Regional, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-9.
Canton skirted past Northwestern Regional 3-2 in their previous meeting on October 7th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Canton 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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