The Northeast Vikings will head out to square off against the Tarpon Springs Spongers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northeast will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Pinellas Park, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Northeast skirted past Pinellas Park 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vikings.
Northeast took Pinellas Park into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-27, 25-12, 16-25, 25-18, 15-11.
Meanwhile, everything went Tarpon Springs' way against Hollins last Tuesday as Tarpon Springs made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Tarpon Springs was: they took every set by at least 11 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-14, 25-3, 25-13.
Northeast pushed their record up to 5-3 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Tarpon Springs, their win ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-1.
Everything went Northeast's way against Tarpon Springs in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Northeast made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northeast since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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