Hollywood Hills has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Stranahan Mighty Dragons at 4:30 p.m. Hollywood Hills will be strutting in after a victory while Stranahan will be coming in after a defeat.
Hollywood Hills will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating South Broward, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Hollywood Hills blew past South Broward 3-0 last Tuesday.
Hollywood Hills never let South Broward on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-3, 25-20, 25-22.
Hollywood Hills can attribute much of their success to Angelica Carrero, who had six aces and four kills, and Paola Colina, who had nine aces and two kills. Those six aces gave Carrero a new career-high.
She wasn't the only good server: Hollywood Hills was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Stranahan's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They came up short against Coconut Creek, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-11, 25-22.
Hollywood Hills is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-6 record this season. As for Stranahan, their loss dropped their record down to 5-2.
Hollywood Hills took their win against Stranahan in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Hollywood Hills repeat their success, or does Stranahan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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