Avon Park waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They had just enough and edged the Lake Placid Dragons out 3-2. This was payback for the Red Devils, who suffered a 3-0 loss the last time these two teams met.
Avon Park was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (108-99), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 26-24, 16-25, 17-25, 15-13.
Avon Park had a senior duo take command as Liceomariz (Lisy) Rosario had 73 digs and Aliany Zavala had 40 digs. Rosario is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last 31 games she's played dating back to last season.
Avon Park kept the net locked down and finished the game with 15 blocks. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 blocks per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 7.5.
Despite the loss, Lake Placid still got an impressive performance from Kayla Oliveros, who had 14 digs.
Avon Park pushed their record up to 7-4 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Lake Placid, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 8-6 record.
Avon Park will welcome Mulberry at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Lake Placid, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Okeechobee at 7:00 p.m.
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