The JC Bermudez Doral Thunder will head out on the road to face off against the King's Academy Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
JC Bermudez Doral is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past Divine Savior Academy 3-2. The victory was familiar territory for the Thunder, who have now won three matches in a row.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was JC Bermudez Doral who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 23-25, 25-15, 21-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, King's Academy faced Cardinal Gibbons in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Lions sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Chiefs. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Lions have posted since March 22nd.
King's Academy took Cardinal Gibbons into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 22-25, 25-22, 25-21, 22-25, 15-12.
JC Bermudez Doral's win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-3. As for King's Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
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