Marlborough hasn't had much luck against Advanced Math & Science Academy recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Marlborough Panthers will welcome the Advanced Math & Science Academy Eagles at 4:45 p.m. Marlborough will be strutting in after a win while Advanced Math & Science Academy will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, everything went Marlborough's way against Keefe Tech as Marlborough made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Meanwhile, Advanced Math & Science Academy came up short against Sutton on Tuesday and fell 3-1. While the Eagles didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Sammies 25-13 in the first set.
Advanced Math & Science Academy started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 13-25, 25-22, 25-15, 25-16.
Despite the defeat, Advanced Math & Science Academy had strong showings from Jenna Eagles, who had nine digs and two aces, and Adrian Murphy, who had 19 digs, four aces, and two kills. The dominant performance gave Murphy a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Advanced Math & Science Academy 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 19 consecutive matchups.
Marlborough pushed their record up to 9-8 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Advanced Math & Science Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 7-12.
Marlborough suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Advanced Math & Science Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Can Marlborough avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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