The Zephyrhills Bulldogs will square off against the Freedom Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Zephyrhills is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They put the hurt on Hillsborough with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Meanwhile, Freedom made easy work of Spoto on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The Patriots haven't had any issues with the Spartans recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive victory against them.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Freedom was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-10, 25-7, 25-13.
Zephyrhills better focus on containing Sydney Permuth and Katie Kurtz as the pair were huge in Freedom's win. Permuth had 11 digs, while Kurtz had four digs and four aces. Kurtz is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 12 or more in each of the last eight games she's played. Alex Yang also deserves some recognition as she had her first kill of the season.
Freedom was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 21 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Zephyrhills' record now sits at 8-17. As for Freedom, their record is now 10-3.
Zephyrhills might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Freedom when the teams last played back in October of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Patriots' Averi Addison, who had 16 digs and two aces. Now that the Bulldogs know the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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