Watkins Memorial is 9-1 against Granville since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Watkins Memorial Warriors will look to defend their home court against the Granville Blue Aces at 7:00 p.m. Watkins Memorial is coming into the match on a four-game losing streak.
On Tuesday, Watkins Memorial came up short against Newark Catholic and fell 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 23-25, 25-15, 25-16.
Even though they lost, Watkins Memorial was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Granville came into Tuesday's contest having lost eight straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They had just enough and edged Heath out 3-2 on Tuesday.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (107-104) Granville actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-22, 18-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-11.
Watkins Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 6-13. As for Granville, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-15.
Everything went Watkins Memorial's way against Granville when the teams last played back in September, as Watkins Memorial made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Watkins Memorial have another victory up their sleeve, or will Granville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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