Volleyball Preview: Sickles Gryphons vs. Berkeley Prep Buccaneers
Sickles hasn't had much luck against Berkeley Prep recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Sickles Gryphons will be staying on the road to face off against the Berkeley Prep Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Sickles is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Winter Springs just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Bears by a score of 2-1. While the Gryphons didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bears 25-20 in the first period.
Sickles actually scored more points across those three sets (58-57), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-20, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Berkeley Prep is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Notre Dame Academy. Berkeley Prep fell 2-0 to Notre Dame Academy. The Buccaneers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Berkeley Prep was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-22.
Sickles' loss dropped their record down to 13-10. As for Berkeley Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 16-4.
Sickles came up short against Berkeley Prep in their previous meeting back in September, falling 2-0. Can Sickles avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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