The Lemon Bay Manta Rays will challenge the Sarasota Christian Blazers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Lemon Bay lost 3-0 to Riverview Sarasota on Tuesday. The Manta Rays have struggled against the Rams recently, as their game on Tuesday was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.
While Lemon Bay was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Riverview Sarasota's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-16, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Sarasota Christian entered their tilt with Imagine School at North Port last Tuesday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Sharks 3-0.
While Sarasota Christian might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Imagine School at North Port scored at least 16 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 25-9, 25-16.
Lemon Bay's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-12. As for Sarasota Christian, they pushed their record up to 9-3 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Everything went Lemon Bay's way against Sarasota Christian in their previous meeting back in August of 2021, as Lemon Bay made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Lemon Bay have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sarasota Christian turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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