The King Lions are on the road again on Monday to play the Freedom Patriots at 7:00 p.m.
King lost 3-0 to Jefferson two weeks ago.
Meanwhile, Freedom and Plant City met for a duel on Tuesday where Freedom came out on top. Freedom came out on top in a nail-biter against Plant City , sneaking past 3-2.
Freedom wouldn't go down easily and took Plant City into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The match finished with set scores of 27-29, 25-15, 25-17, 16-25, 15-9.
Among those leading the charge was Lola Burke, who had 12 digs and two aces. Those two aces gave her a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Freedom was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive contests.
King dropped their record down to 0-8 with the defeat, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Freedom, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
King suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Freedom when the teams last played back in September of 2022. Can King avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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