Volleyball Preview: Winter Haven Blue Devils vs. Venice Indians
The Winter Haven Blue Devils will take on the Venice Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Winter Haven comes in on eight and Venice on four.
Winter Haven is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They blew past George Jenkins 3-0.
Winter Haven's got stronger as the match went on, holding George Jenkins to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-20, 25-17.
Meanwhile, everything went Venice's way against Newsome on Wednesday as Venice made off with a 3-0 win.
Venice was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-14, 25-20.
Venice was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 21 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in five consecutive matchups.
Winter Haven is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season. As for Venice, they pushed their record up to 13-9 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Winter Haven suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Venice in their previous matchup back in October of 2022. Thankfully for Winter Haven, Ashley Reynolds (who had seven digs, two kills, and two aces) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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