The Lake Brantley Patriots will square off against the Olympia Titans at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Lake Brantley will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Lake Brantley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Bishop Moore, who was ranked 12th at the time (Lake Brantley was ranked 11th). The Patriots walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Hornets on Thursday.
Lake Brantley 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, 25-19, 25-9, 25-22.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Olympia, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Monday. They came out on top against Innovation by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday.
Olympia had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 26-24, 25-14, 25-21.
Lake Brantley better focus on containing Jacob Lee and Will Edwards as the pair were huge in Olympia's win. Lee had 13 digs and two aces, while Edwards had 28 assists and four digs. That's the most digs Lee has posted over his last six matchups.
Olympia is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. As for Lake Brantley, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's contest: Lake Brantley has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Olympia struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Lake Brantley came up short against Olympia in their previous matchup back in March of 2023, falling 2-0. Can the Patriots avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
