The North Hagerstown Hubs are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they square off against the James Wood Colonels at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.
North Hagerstown can't be to happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Saturday. They fell just short of Howard by a score of 2-1. The Hubs' loss signaled the end of their ten-game winning streak dating back to last season.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, North Hagerstown sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 19-25, 19-17.
Meanwhile, James Wood made easy work of Manassas Park on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Colonels.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant James Wood was: they took every set by at least 15 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-4, 25-7, 25-10.
James Wood found their leader in underclassman Bella Middleton, who had four aces and ten assists.
James Wood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 21 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
North Hagerstown came up short against James Wood in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can North Hagerstown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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