After two games on the road, Freedom is heading back home. They will challenge the King Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. King took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Freedom, who comes in off a win.
Freedom and Plant City met for a duel on Tuesday where Freedom prevailed. Freedom won by a set and slipped past Plant City 3-2.
Freedom wouldn't go down easily and took Plant City into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The match finished with set scores of 27-29, 25-15, 25-17, 16-25, 15-9.
Among those leading the charge was Lola Burke, who had 12 digs and two aces. Those two aces gave her a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Freedom was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, King was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their 15th straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 3-0 to Jefferson.
Freedom is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for King, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
Everything went Freedom's way against King in their previous matchup back in September of 2022, as Freedom made off with a 3-0 victory. Does Freedom have another victory up their sleeve, or will King turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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