Volleyball Preview: Riding a Home Win Streak, Pace Hosts Tate

The Pace Patriots will welcome the Tate Aggies at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pace will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.

Pace is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Gulf Breeze just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Dolphins.

The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-17, 25-8.

Meanwhile, Tate came up short against Pensacola Catholic on Tuesday and fell 3-1.

Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 25-16, 25-18, 19-25, 25-20.

Pace will have to contain Bailie Merritt as she made an impact in Tate's last game. She had 31 assists, 14 digs, and two aces. The team also got some help from Jayla Templeman, who had 22 digs and an assist.

Tate is now 16-8, having gone 1-2 since their three-game winning streak ended. As for Pace, their loss dropped their record down to 9-13.