After both having extra time off, the Mt. Hope Huskies and the Middletown Islanders will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mt. Hope will be looking to extend their current 11-game winning streak.
Mt. Hope is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Wednesday. They put the hurt on Cumberland with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The win didn't come easy: Cumberland scored at least 18 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 27-25, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Middletown faced Lincoln in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Tuesday. Middletown came out on top against Lincoln by a score of 3-1.
Middletown had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-18, 25-11, 25-13.
Middletown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 32 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 17 consecutive games.
Middletown's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-6. As for Mt. Hope, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Mt. Hope was able to grind out a solid win over Middletown when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mt. Hope since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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