The Flowers Jaguars will face off against the Wise Pumas at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Flowers will be looking to keep their 16-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
It was a proper cat-fight when Flowers took on Parkdale on Friday. Flowers came out on top against Parkdale by a score of 3-1.
Flowers 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 20-25, 25-17, 25-16, 25-18.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Wise had no problem doing just that on Friday. They won by a set and slipped past the Raiders 3-2.
Wise had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 11-25, 25-19, 25-14, 16-14.
Wise was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 13 consecutive matchups.
Flowers' victory bumped their record up to 16-2. As for Wise, their win bumped their record up to 10-3.
Flowers came out on top in a nail-biter against Wise when the teams last played back in October, sneaking past 3-2. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Wise's Khayla Lawrence, who had 12 digs and two aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Flowers still be able to contain Lawrence? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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