Avon is 9-1 against Northwest Catholic since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Avon Falcons will host the Northwest Catholic Lions at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Avon is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Wethersfield just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to the Eagles. The loss was the Falcons' first of the season.
Avon took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. After all that action, the final score was 12-25, 25-20, 25-19, 26-24.
Despite the loss, Avon had strong showings from Ainsley Evans, who had 19 digs and three aces, and Tessa Robertson, who hit 62.5% for eight digs, six aces, and five kills. The dominant performance gave her a new career- in aces.
Even though they lost, Avon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive games.
Northwest Catholic might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Maloney, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The final score came out to 25-14, 25-9, 25-21.
Having lost for the first time this season, Avon fell to 3-1. As for Northwest Catholic, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Everything went Avon's way against Northwest Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as Avon made off with a 3-0 win. Does Avon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Northwest Catholic turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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