The Pembroke Pines Charter Jaguars will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Lourdes Academy at 7:00 p.m.
Pembroke Pines Charter is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Dr. Joaquin Garcia 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (108-100) Pembroke Pines Charter actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 12-25, 25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Lourdes Academy had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They blew past TERRA Environmental 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Lourdes Academy was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-11, 25-13.
Lourdes Academy can attribute much of their success to Jenna Acosta, who had four aces and 18 assists, and Lily Garcia, who had five digs. Acosta is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Lourdes Academy couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 50% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 25.3% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 38.2%.
Pembroke Pines Charter pushed their record up to 13-8 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Lourdes Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-8 record this season.
Pembroke Pines Charter suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lourdes Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Can Pembroke Pines Charter avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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