Cocoa hasn't had much luck against Astronaut recently, but that could start to change on Monday. After both having extra time off, both will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 6:00 p.m.
Cocoa is headed into Monday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game last Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Eau Gallie.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-9, 25-8.
Meanwhile, Astronaut earned a 3-1 win over Merritt Island Christian on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the War Eagles.
Astronaut had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 27-25, 26-24, 25-21.
Astronaut found their leader in underclassman Katie Lindquist, who had 12 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Lindquist a new career-high in aces.
Astronaut was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive matchups.
Cocoa's loss dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Astronaut, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-16.
Cocoa might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Astronaut when the teams last played back in September. Can Cocoa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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