After both having extra time off, the Piper Bengals and the Fort Lauderdale Flying L will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Piper will head out to face Fort Lauderdale after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Piper lost 3-0 to Pembroke Pines Charter. It was the first time this season that the Bengals let down their fans at home.
While Piper ultimately came up short, they really made Pembroke Pines Charter work, particularly in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-19, 25-12.
Despite the defeat, Piper saw an underclassman step up: Nyla Sowell had 14 digs and two aces.
Meanwhile, Fort Lauderdale was able to grind out a solid win over Deerfield Beach on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Flying L's.
The match was exciting from start to finish, as three sets needed extra rallies to gain a two-point lead. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 24-26, 27-25, 25-13.
Piper's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-4. As for Fort Lauderdale, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
Piper suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Fort Lauderdale in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Piper avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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