King Philip Regional has gone 10-0 against Milford recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The King Philip Regional Warriors will be playing at home against the Milford Scarlet Hawks at 5:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Wednesday, King Philip Regional didn't have quite enough to beat Bishop Feehan and fell 3-2. The Warriors haven't had much luck with the Shamrocks recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
King Philip Regional started the match hot and won the firsttwo sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 22-25, 25-18, 25-14, 15-10.
Loss or not, King Philip Regional got some senior leadership from Madison Asprelli and Alex Pauline. Asprelli had eight digs and four aces, while Pauline. had 19 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Asprelli has posted since back in September of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of Mya McCormick, who had ten digs and four aces.
Even though they lost, King Philip Regional 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 16 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Milford was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Canton.
After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-15, 25-21.
King Philip Regional now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Milford, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
King Philip Regional took their win against Milford in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will King Philip Regional repeat their success, or does Milford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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