After three games on the road, Forest is heading back home. They will host the Matanzas Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Forest will be strutting in after a win while Matanzas will be coming in after a defeat.
Forest is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since August 27th on Thursday. They put the hurt on Vanguard with a sharp 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Forest took every set by at least 12 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-13, 25-7, 25-13.
Forest found their leader in underclassman Addison Owens, who had six aces and three digs. The dominant performance gave Owens a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Matanzas came up short against Gainesville on Tuesday and fell 3-1.
Matanzas started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-14.
Forest's victory bumped their record up to 6-8. As for Matanzas, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Everything went Forest's way against Matanzas in their previous meeting back in October of 2022 as Forest made off with a 3-0 win. Will Forest repeat their success, or does Matanzas have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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