The Acton-Boxborough Colonials will challenge the Shrewsbury Colonials at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday. Acton-Boxborough will be looking to keep their ten-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Last Wednesday, Acton-Boxborough got the win against Bedford by a conclusive 3-0.
Meanwhile, everything went Shrewsbury's way against Ayer Shirley on Thursday as Shrewsbury made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Colonials.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Shrewsbury took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-7, 25-12.
Shrewsbury got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Julia Harasim out in front who had four aces and 16 assists. The dominant performance gave Harasim a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Erin Boulay, who had nine aces and four kills.
Shrewsbury couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 45.2% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Acton-Boxborough's victory bumped their record up to 10-3. As for Shrewsbury, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Acton-Boxborough was able to grind out a solid win over Shrewsbury in their previous matchup back in September, winning 3-1. Will Acton-Boxborough repeat their success, or does Shrewsbury have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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