The Woodland Dragons will challenge the Machias Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
Woodland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Narraguagus, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Woodland was ranked 17th). Woodland came up short against Narraguagus on Wednesday, falling 3-0. The game marked the first time this year in which the Dragons were not able to get on the board.
The final score came out to 25-10, 25-10, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Machias had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Royals.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Machias was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-13, 25-9.
Machias 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 11 aces in four consecutive matches.
Woodland's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Machias, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
Woodland came out on top in a nail-biter against Machias when the teams last played on September 5th, sneaking past 3-2. Does Woodland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Machias turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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