On Monday Morgan will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the East Hampton Bellringers at 5:30 p.m.
Morgan came up short against Coginchaug Regional on Wednesday, falling 3-0.
Morgan 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 25-19, 26-24, 29-27.
Meanwhile, East Hampton got the win against Old Lyme on Friday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-19, 25-13.
East Hampton relied on the efforts of Ava France, who had four digs and three aces, and Grace Flannery, who had three aces. The dominant performance gave Flannery a new career-high in aces.
East Hampton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 12.8.
Morgan's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 3-7. As for East Hampton, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Morgan came up short against East Hampton in their previous matchup on September 9th, falling 3-1. Can Morgan avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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