The Gainesville Hurricanes are on the road again on Thursday to play the Lecanto Panthers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Gainesville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Leesburg with a sharp 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Gainesville was: they took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-1, 25-8, 25-10.
Addyson Hauptman and Charlotte Judge were among the main playmakers for Gainesville as the former had six digs and the latter had nine aces, six digs, and two kills. That's the most aces Judge has posted since back in September.
Gainesville couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 51.6% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Meanwhile, Lecanto got the win against Vanguard on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Lecanto was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-19, 25-20.
Lecanto's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Lillian Mullenix, who had ten digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Jillian Fann, who had ten digs.
Gainesville has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Lecanto, their victory bumped their record up to 14-10.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Gainesville has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Lecanto struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Gainesville's way against Lecanto when the teams last played back in September of 2015, as Gainesville made off with a 3-0 win. Will Gainesville repeat their success, or does Lecanto have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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