The Tampa Prep Terrapins will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Sports Leadership & Management Spartans at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Two weeks ago, Tampa Prep narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Mica Mountain 2-1.
Tampa Prep was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (55-52), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 12-25, 15-10.
Tampa Prep can attribute much of their success to Gabby Maxwell, who had six digs.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Sports Leadership & Management had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They came out on top against the Lancers by a score of 3-1. Winning may never get old, but the Spartans sure are getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Sports Leadership & Management was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 23-25, 25-19, 25-16.
Sports Leadership & Management was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 19 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Tampa Prep's victory bumped their record up to 7-16. As for Sports Leadership & Management, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's game: Tampa Prep has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Sports Leadership & Management struggles in that department as they've been averaging 14.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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