With a playoff game on the line, Viera rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Lake Gibson Braves. The win was nothing new for the Hawks as they're now sitting on three straight.
Viera had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 25-27, 25-23, 25-19, 25-15.
Viera found their leader in underclassman Allie Brown, who had 12 digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Brown a new career-high in aces.
Viera was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive matches.
Viera has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-12 record this season. As for Lake Gibson, they moved to 13-8 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Viera will look to defend their home court on Saturday against Bloomingdale at 7:00 p.m. Viera will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive. Lake Gibson does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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