Agawam hasn't had much luck against Minnechaug Regional recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Agawam Brownies are taking a road trip to take on the Minnechaug Regional Falcons at 6:00 p.m. Agawam is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Agawam will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Amherst-Pelham Regional, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Agawam came out on top against Amherst-Pelham Regional by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
Agawam had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-23.
Agawam was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 17 consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Minnechaug Regional, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They had just enough and edged Putnam Vo-Tech out 3-2 on Tuesday.
Minnechaug Regional took Putnam Vo-Tech into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-18, 25-16, 21-25, 15-11.
Agawam's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-9. As for Minnechaug Regional, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.
Agawam came up short against Minnechaug Regional in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Minnechaug Regional's Haley Powers, who had 13 digs and four aces. Now that Agawam knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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