Ipswich has gone 8-2 against Newburyport recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Ipswich Tigers will head out to square off against the Newburyport Clippers at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Ipswich sitting on 32 straight wins dating back to last season and Newburyport on three.
Last Wednesday, Ipswich got the win against Pentucket Regional by a conclusive 3-0.
Ipswich was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-20, 25-13.
Ipswich was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in 32 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Newburyport made easy work of Hamilton-Wenham Regional on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-18, 25-12.
Ipswich pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their 17th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Newburyport, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
Ipswich was able to grind out a solid victory over Newburyport in their previous matchup on September 10th, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Ipswich since the team 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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