Volleyball Preview: Winter Haven Blue Devils vs. Lakeland Dreadnaughts
The Winter Haven Blue Devils will square off against the Lakeland Dreadnaughts at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing is sure in Winter Haven's favor as the team sits on four straight wins at home while Lakeland has been banged up by six consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
Last Thursday, everything went Winter Haven's way against Frostproof as Winter Haven made off with a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-7, 25-19.
Winter Haven's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kylie Catrett, who had 11 digs and five aces, and Camila DeJesus, who had ten digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave DeJesus a new career-high in aces.
Winter Haven was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. They are a perfect 3-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Meanwhile, Lakeland lost 3-0 to Lake Gibson on Thursday.
Lakeland was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 28-26, 25-6.
Lakeland might have lost, but man, Megan Rine was a machine: she had 18 digs and two aces. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Rine now had 13 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Winter Haven is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Lakeland, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Winter Haven has serving mastered this season, having averaged 6.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Lakeland struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Winter Haven beat Lakeland 3-1 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Winter Haven repeat their success, or does Lakeland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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