It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Gainesville had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They beat the Lecanto Panthers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-0. The win was familiar territory for the Hurricanes who have now won four matches in a row.
Gainesville's got stronger as the match went on, holding Lecanto to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-19, 25-15.
Addyson Hauptman went supernova for Gainesville, getting 22 digs.
Gainesville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least ten aces in four consecutive matchups.
Gainesville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Lecanto, their loss dropped their record down to 14-11.
As of now, neither Gainesville nor Lecanto have any future games scheduled.
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