The Cocoa Beach Minutemen will challenge the Rockledge Raiders at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cocoa Beach took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Palm Bay 3-0. The win continues a trend for the Minutemen in their matchups with the Pirates: they've now won four in a row.
Cocoa Beach never let Palm Bay on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-14, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Rockledge made easy work of Space Coast on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Rockledge's win bumped their record up to 6-8. As for Cocoa Beach, their victory bumped their record up to 5-13.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Cocoa Beach has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Rockledge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12.9 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cocoa Beach couldn't quite get it done against Rockledge in their previous meeting on Monday as they fell 3-1. Will the Minutemen have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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