Winchester has won three straight games at home, while Barnstable has won three straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Winchester Red & Black will square off against the Barnstable Red Hawks at 5:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Thursday, Winchester made easy work of Wakefield Memorial and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Winchester never let Wakefield Memorial on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-23, 25-18.
Meanwhile, everything went Barnstable's way against Dartmouth on Wednesday as Barnstable made off with a 3-0 win.
Barnstable was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-19, 25-20.
Barnstable can attribute much of their success to Jazlyn Coyer, who had ten digs and four aces. That's the most aces Coyer has posted since September 2nd.
Barnstable was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 34 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Winchester is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. As for Barnstable, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1.
Winchester might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Barnstable in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Will Winchester have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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