After both having extra time off, the Mandarin Mustangs and the Lake Brantley Patriots will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Mandarin sitting on five straight victories and Lake Brantley on ten.
Mandarin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against Creekside by a score of 3-1.
Mandarin had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-18, 25-23, 27-25.
Meanwhile, Lake Brantley got the win against Seminole on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
While Lake Brantley might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Seminole scored at least 16 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-9, 25-16.
Lake Brantley relied on the efforts of Ryan Jomo, who had 13 digs and two aces, and Lila Varitek, who had seven digs and four aces. That's the most aces Varitek has posted since back in August.
Lake Brantley couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.3% of their attack attempts. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're hitting percentage total in three consecutive games.
Mandarin is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for Lake Brantley, their record now sits at an identical 19-5.
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