The Andover Golden Warriors will head out on the road to square off against the North Andover Scarlet Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Andover has four straight wins, North Andover has 19 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Friday, Andover made easy work of Haverhill and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Andover never let Haverhill on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 26-24, 25-10.
Kate Hillson had a dynamite game for Andover, getting 23 digs.
Andover couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 45.2% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, North Andover came up short against Billerica Memorial on Wednesday, falling 3-0.
North Andover took the loss but they managed to make steady progress, increasing their score in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-16, 25-19.
Andover is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5 record this season. As for North Andover, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
Andover took their win against North Andover in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Andover since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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