Baystate Academy has won four straight games at home, while East Longmeadow has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. Baystate Academy will host the East Longmeadow Spartans at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Baystate Academy made easy work of Chicopee and carried off a 3-0 win.
While Baystate Academy might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Chicopee scored at least 16 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-14, 25-15.
Meanwhile, East Longmeadow narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Belchertown 3-2.
East Longmeadow had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 17-25, 25-17, 25-20, 15-11.
East Longmeadow can attribute much of their success to Rylee Brown, who had four digs and four aces. What's more, Brown also racked up no blocks, the mostshe's had in her last three contests.
East Longmeadow was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 25 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Baystate Academy's win bumped their record up to 15-2. As for East Longmeadow, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season.
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