Laurel has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to face off against the Vancleave Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Laurel might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to East Central, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, Vancleave had already won five in a row, and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Gators with a sharp 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Vancleave took every set by at least eight points. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-15, 25-13.
Vancleave was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 19.6.
Laurel dropped their record down to 0-9 with that defeat, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Vancleave, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 11-5 record this season.
Laurel suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Vancleave when the teams last played back in August. Can Laurel avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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