Bristol Central has won three straight games at home, while Farmington has won three straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Bristol Central Rams will challenge the Farmington River Hawks at 6:30 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Last Wednesday, Bristol Central beat East Hartford by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bristol Central was: they took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-8, 25-1.
Bristol Central found their leader in underclassman Gillian Gray, who had eight aces.
Bristol Central was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, everything went Farmington's way against Hall on Tuesday as Farmington made off with a 3-0 win.
While Farmington won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-9, 25-23, 25-11.
Emily Sousa went supernova for Farmington, getting nine digs and three aces. Sousa is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 18 or more in the last 12 games she's played dating back to last season.
The victory got Bristol Central back to even at 6-6. As for Farmington, their win bumped their record up to 12-0.
Bristol Central might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Farmington in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Farmington's Jamie Zadrozny, who had 30 digs. Now that Bristol Central knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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