After both having extra time off, the Boca Raton Bobcats and the Plant Panthers will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Boca Raton comes in on three and Plant on six.
Boca Raton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Cypress Bay , sneaking past 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (105-101) Boca Raton actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 12-25, 25-23, 24-26, 25-18, 15-13.
Boca Raton can attribute much of their success to Hadley Clark, who had 11 digs.
Boca Raton 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 ten aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Plant earned a 3-1 victory over Venice last Wednesday.
Plant was especially dominant in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 23-25, 25-17, 25-12.
Among those leading the charge was Cambria Kuipers, who had seven digs and two aces.
Plant pushed their record up to 21-1 with the win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Boca Raton, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Boca Raton came up short against Plant in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, falling 3-1. Can Boca Raton avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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