Benicia is 8-2 against College Park since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Benicia Panthers are on the road again to play the College Park Falcons at 6:30 p.m.
Benicia lost 3-0 to Northgate on Tuesday.
While Benicia was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-23, 25-21.
Despite the loss, Benicia had strong showings from Zoe Cohen, who had ten digs, and Alexis Fa'Aita, who had three digs, three aces, and a kill. Cohen has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last eight times she's played.
Even though they lost, Benicia was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when College Park challenged Berean Christian on Tuesday. College Park walked away with a 3-1 win over Berean Christian. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Falcons.
College Park was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 15-25, 25-17, 25-22.
Mina Dinh went supernova for College Park, getting 22 digs.
Benicia dropped their record down to 11-12 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for College Park, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-15 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Benicia has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.7 aces per game. However, it's not like College Park struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Benicia was able to grind out a solid victory over College Park when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Benicia 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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