The Newburyport Clippers will square off against the Case Cardinals at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Newburyport is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Hanover 3-2.
Newburyport was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (108-105), but they still managed to win. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-23, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Case got the win against East Longmeadow on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-17, 25-9.
Newburyport better focus on containing Madilyn Botelho and Madyson Silva as the pair were huge in Case's win. Botelho had 11 kills, six digs, and four aces, while Silva had 30 assists and five digs. Botelho is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in each of the last 46 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Lily Rego, who had nine kills and seven digs.
Case was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive matches.
Newburyport's record now sits at 18-5. As for Case, their record is now 20-2.
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