Pinellas Park and Countryside are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2016, but not for long. The Pinellas Park Patriots will challenge the Countryside Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Countryside took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Pinellas Park, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, everything went Pinellas Park's way against Lakewood as Pinellas Park made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 25-6, 25-9.
Lina Cao had a dynamite game for Pinellas Park, getting six aces and 29 assists. Cao is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted nine or more in the last 14 games she's played dating back to last season. Alanyz Nicole Rodriguez was another key player, getting five aces.
Rodriguez wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Pinellas Park was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Countryside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They fell 2-0 to Seffner Christian.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-19.
The victory got Pinellas Park back to even at 3-3. As for Countryside, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Pinellas Park skirted past Countryside 2-1 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Pinellas Park repeat their success, or does Countryside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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