After eight games on the road, East Lake is heading back home. They will host the Pinellas Park Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It was a Battle of the Birds when East Lake challenged Dunedin on Tuesday. East Lake put the hurt on Dunedin with a sharp 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: East Lake took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-15, 25-13.
East Lake got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Sydney Freyer out in front who had 15 digs and a kill. Freyer is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Adyson Jones, who had six digs, six aces, two kills, and a block.
She wasn't the only good server: East Lake was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last nine games.
Meanwhile, Pinellas Park can finally bid farewell to their five-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Clearwater.
Pinellas Park had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-10, 25-13, 25-16.
East Lake has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season. As for Pinellas Park, their victory bumped their record up to 5-8.
East Lake took their win against Pinellas Park in their previous matchup back in October of 2020 by a conclusive 3-0. Does East Lake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pinellas Park turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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