Lourdes Academy has won five straight games at home, while Pembroke Pines Charter has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. Lourdes Academy will welcome the Pembroke Pines Charter Jaguars at 7:00 p.m.
Lourdes Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over TERRA Environmental.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lourdes Academy was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-11, 25-13.
Jenna Acosta and Lily Garcia were among the main playmakers for Lourdes Academy as the former had four aces and 18 assists and the latter had five digs. Acosta is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Lourdes Academy couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 50% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 25.3% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 38.2%.
Meanwhile, Pembroke Pines Charter sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Dr. Joaquin Garcia on Wednesday.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (108-100) Pembroke Pines Charter actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 12-25, 25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 15-13.
Lourdes Academy is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 17-8 record this season. As for Pembroke Pines Charter, their win bumped their record up to 13-8.
Everything went Lourdes Academy's way against Pembroke Pines Charter in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, as Lourdes Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Lourdes Academy repeat their success, or does Pembroke Pines Charter have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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