Volleyball Preview: Avon Park Red Devils vs. Mulberry Panthers
Avon Park is 8-2 against Mulberry since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Avon Park Red Devils will welcome the Mulberry Panthers at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Avon Park has five straight wins, Mulberry has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Avon Park will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Lake Placid, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Avon Park came out on top in a nail-biter against Lake Placid on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2.
Avon Park was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (108-99), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 26-24, 16-25, 17-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Mulberry didn't have quite enough to beat Oasis Christian on Thursday and fell 3-2.
Mulberry took Oasis Christian into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-23, 17-25, 24-26, 15-13.
Avon Park pushed their record up to 7-4 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Mulberry, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Avon Park took their win against Mulberry in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Avon Park repeat their success, or does Mulberry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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