Smithtown East waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Half Hollow Hills East Thunderbirds with a sharp 3-0 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Bulls also won the last time the pair played back in October of 2021.
Smithtown East's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Half Hollow Hills East between 13 and 16 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-16, 25-16.
Smithtown East's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Francesca Fiorentino led the charge by getting eight digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Fiorentino a new career-high in aces.
Smithtown East 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 six aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Smithtown East has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-2 record this season.
Smithtown East will host Smithtown West at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Half Hollow Hills East does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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