Port Charlotte is on a eight-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Southeast is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Port Charlotte Pirates will host the Southeast Seminoles at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The last three games Port Charlotte has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Saturday, Port Charlotte sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Palmetto Ridge.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Port Charlotte got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 23-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, everything went Southeast's way against Lakewood on Thursday as Southeast made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Southeast was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-10, 25-9.
Southeast can attribute much of their success to Jocelyn Diaz, who had 11 digs, seven aces, and seven aces, and Layla Holmbeck, who had seven aces, a kill, and a kill. Holmbeck is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last 16 games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Jaeda Dean, who had five kills, five aces, and five aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Southeast was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 26 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last eight contests.
Port Charlotte's win bumped their record up to 9-5. As for Southeast, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Port Charlotte took their victory against Southeast in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Port Charlotte have another victory up their sleeve, or will Southeast turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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