Hagerstown entered their tilt with Northeastern on Thursday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. They won by a set and slipped past the Northeastern Knights 3-2. This was payback for the Tigers, who suffered a 3-1 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Hagerstown took Northeastern into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 22-25, 21-25, 25-21, 15-9.
Hagerstown 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 eight consecutive matches.
Hagerstown's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-7. As for Northeastern, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 11-11 record.
Hagerstown will have a chance to go back-to-back against Northeastern: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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