Futures has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to square off against the Westlake Charter Explorers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Futures and Victory Christian met for a duel on Tuesday where Futures came out on top. Futures was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Victory Christian.
A big factor in the win was Futures' feisty defense: they held Victory Christian to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-11, 25-6.
Among those leading the charge was Nikka Vinokurov, who had 16 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Futures was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 34 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Westlake Charter waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. Everything went their way against the Lions as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-18, 25-23.
Futures' victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-2. As for Westlake Charter, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season.
Futures came up short against Westlake Charter in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Futures avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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