A feisty cat fight will be fought when Lions faces off against the Canterbury Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with First Baptist Academy sitting on five straight victories and Canterbury on six.
First Baptist Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Marco Island Academy 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-18, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Canterbury was able to grind out a solid win over Community School of Naples on Tuesday, taking the game 3-1.
Canterbury 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 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-22.
First Baptist Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Canterbury, their victory bumped their record up to 17-4.
First Baptist Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Canterbury in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 2-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Canterbury's Aaliyah Harlow, who had 23 digs. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will First Baptist Academy still be able to contain Harlow? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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