The Woodland Regional Hawks will head out to take on the Derby Red Raiders at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Woodland Regional is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Woodland Regional is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Naugatuck, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Woodland Regional was ranked 14th). Woodland Regional blew past Naugatuck 3-0 on Friday.
Woodland Regional was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-11, 25-16.
Woodland Regional relied on the efforts of Emily Ambrocio, who had six digs and four aces, and Julia Dommel, who had four digs and two aces. That's the most aces Ambrocio has posted since back in October of 2023.
Woodland Regional was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 13 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Derby beat Ansonia 3-1 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Red Raiders.
Derby 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 16-25, 25-18, 25-9, 25-20.
Derby can attribute much of their success to Vanessa Nguyen, who had ten digs, and Brianna Kling, who had 24 digs, nine kills, and four aces. Kling is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had six or more in the last four games she's played.
Woodland Regional's record is now 12-1. As for Derby, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-8 record this season.
Everything went Woodland Regional's way against Derby when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Woodland Regional made off with a 3-0 win. Does Woodland Regional have another victory up their sleeve, or will Derby turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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