The Dunedin Falcons will head out to take on the Lemon Bay Manta Rays at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Dunedin is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Tarpon Springs 3-2. The Falcons haven't had any issues with the Spongers recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Dunedin had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-22, 15-5.
Meanwhile, Lemon Bay made easy work of Hardee on Wednesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The final score came out to 25-11, 25-20, 25-8.
Dunedin better focus on containing Maisyn Pierce and Natalie Googins as the pair were huge in Lemon Bay's win. Pierce had seven aces and five digs, while Googins had 12 digs and four aces. Those seven aces gave Pierce a new career-high.
Lemon Bay was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matches.
Dunedin's record now sits at 12-6. As for Lemon Bay, their record is now 19-9.
Dunedin suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lemon Bay in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. Can the Falcons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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