The Lake Region Thunder will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Auburndale Bloodhounds at 7:30 p.m. Auburndale took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Lake Region, who comes in off a win.
On Saturday, Lake Region beat Santa Fe Catholic 2-0.
The final score came out to 25-23, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Auburndale didn't have quite enough to beat Bartow on Saturday and fell 2-1. The Bloodhounds have struggled against the Yellow Jackets recently, as their game on Saturday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Auburndale took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. After all that action, the final score was 23-25, 25-15, 15-7.
Auburndale's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Madison Whitmore, who had 11 digs, and Braelyn Freeman, who had four digs. Whitmore has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last three times she's played.
Lake Region has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Auburndale, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-8.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Lake Region has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Auburndale struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Lake Region skirted past Auburndale 2-1 when the teams last played on Friday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Region since the team 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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