The Gainesville Hurricanes will head out on the road to face off against the Santa Fe Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Monday, everything went Gainesville's way against Buchholz as Gainesville made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hurricanes.
The final score came out to 25-16, 25-8, 25-18.
Gainesville relied on the efforts of Charlotte Judge, who had six digs and 12 assists, and Taylor Ellis, who had eight digs and four aces. That's the most aces Ellis has posted since back in August.
Gainesville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe entered their tilt with P.K. Yonge on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They put the hurt on the Blue Wave with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Santa Fe was: they took every set by at least 12 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-5, 25-13, 25-12.
Gainesville has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Santa Fe, they pushed their record up to 15-4 with that victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Wednesday's contest: Gainesville has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Santa Fe 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.
Everything went Gainesville's way against Santa Fe in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Gainesville made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gainesville since the squad 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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