The Seabreeze Sandcrabs are taking a road trip to square off against the Father Lopez Green Wave at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Father Lopez took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Seabreeze, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, Seabreeze made easy work of Mainland and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Sandcrabs.
Seabreeze's got stronger as the match went on, holding Mainland to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-13, 25-12.
Seabreeze can attribute much of their success to Lilli Litz, who had seven digs and three aces. Victoria Kenyon-Gonzalez also deserves some recognition as she had her first block of the season.
They weren't the only good servers: Seabreeze was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Father Lopez lost 3-0 to Matanzas on Tuesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-19, 25-16.
Seabreeze's victory bumped their record up to 13-10. As for Father Lopez, their loss dropped their record down to 7-13.
Seabreeze was able to grind out a solid win over Father Lopez in their previous meeting back in August, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Sandcrabs since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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