Cardinal Mooney and Venice are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2020, but not for long. The Cardinal Mooney Cougars will be playing at home against the Venice Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Cardinal Mooney is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Carrollwood Day, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Cardinal Mooney was ranked 22nd). Cardinal Mooney came up short against Carrollwood Day on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The game marked the first time this year in which the Cougars were not able to get on the board.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-8, 25-19.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Venice, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They came out on top against Bradenton Christian by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
After all that action, the final score was 25-20, 25-20, 23-25, 25-20.
Cardinal Mooney's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-3. As for Venice, they pushed their record up to 8-6 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Cardinal Mooney has serving mastered this season, having averaged 7.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Venice struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Cardinal Mooney suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Venice when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Cardinal Mooney avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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