After both having extra time off, the Seffner Christian Crusaders and the Zephyrhills Bulldogs will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Seffner Christian has seven straight victories, Zephyrhills has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, everything went Seffner Christian's way against Academy at the Lakes as Seffner Christian made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Seffner Christian took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-5, 25-7, 25-14.
Seffner Christian found their leader in underclassman Piper Moyer, who had two aces and 11 assists.
Seffner Christian couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.2% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 20.2% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 36.1%.
Meanwhile, Zephyrhills came up short against Mitchell last Tuesday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-12, 25-11.
Seffner Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Zephyrhills, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-12.
Seffner Christian skirted past Zephyrhills 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Seffner Christian repeat their success, or does Zephyrhills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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