The Shepherd Hill Regional Rams are taking a road trip to square off against the Wachusett Regional Mountaineers at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Shepherd Hill Regional is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Fitchburg, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Shepherd Hill Regional was ranked 12th). Everything went Shepherd Hill Regional's way against Fitchburg on Saturday as Shepherd Hill Regional made off with a 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Shepherd Hill Regional took every set by at least nine points. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-16, 25-8.
Meanwhile, Wachusett Regional entered their tilt with Algonquin Regional on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Titans , sneaking past 3-2.
Wachusett Regional took Algonquin Regional into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 18-25, 13-25, 25-19, 16-14.
Shepherd Hill Regional now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Wachusett Regional, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Shepherd Hill Regional suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Wachusett Regional when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Shepherd Hill Regional avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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