The Lake Wales Highlanders are taking a road trip to take on the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Lake Wales sitting on four straight wins and New Smyrna Beach on three.
Lake Wales is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Sebring by a score of 3-1.
Vallery Rodriguez was a one-man wrecking crew for Lake Wales as she had 39 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Rodriguez has posted since back in August.
Lake Wales was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 21 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, New Smyrna Beach got the win against Innovation on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
While New Smyrna Beach won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-22, 25-15.
New Smyrna Beach found their leader in underclassman Sofia Mackin, who had 23 digs.
Lake Wales pushed their record up to 19-2 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. As for New Smyrna Beach, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-10 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's match: Lake Wales has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 12.9 aces per game. However, it's not like New Smyrna Beach struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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