The Merritt Island Mustangs will square off against the Leon Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Merritt Island is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.
Last Wednesday, Merritt Island was able to grind out a solid win over Satellite, taking the game 3-1.
Merritt Island 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 23-25, 25-10, 25-22, 25-20.
Merritt Island was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Leon's way against Maclay on Tuesday as Leon made off with a 3-0 victory.
A big factor in the win was Leon's feisty defense: they held Maclay to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-11, 25-10.
Merritt Island's win was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 15-3. As for Leon, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season.
Merritt Island came up short against Leon when the teams last played back in September of 2016, falling 2-0. Can Merritt Island avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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