Volleyball Preview: West Florida Jaguars vs. Daphne Trojans
West Florida has been away from home for three games now, but on Monday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Daphne Trojans at 6:30 p.m.
West Florida lost 3-0 to Pace on Wednesday. The Jaguars haven't had much luck with the Patriots recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
West Florida was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 26-24, 25-14.
Despite the loss, West Florida had strong showings from Julieta Arreola, who had five aces and three digs, and Lucynda Silvers, who had four digs and three kills. The dominant performance gave Arreola a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Daphne posted their biggest win since September 10th on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Davidson as Daphne made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-19, 25-15.
West Florida now has a losing record at 8-9. As for Daphne, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-8 record this season.
West Florida came out on top in a nail-biter against Daphne in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Daphne's Grace Thigpen, who had ten digs and 35 assists. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will West Florida still be able to contain Thigpen? There's only one way to find out.
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