Winter Haven is 10-0 against George Jenkins since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Winter Haven Blue Devils will take on the George Jenkins Eagles at 10:00 a.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Winter Haven is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Haines City 3-0. The victory was nothing new for the Blue Devils as they're now sitting on six straight.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Winter Haven took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-9, 25-9.
Winter Haven found their leader in underclassman Camila DeJesus, who had eight digs and two aces.
Winter Haven was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, George Jenkins made easy work of Ridge Community on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant George Jenkins was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-11, 25-15.
Winter Haven has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5 record this season. As for George Jenkins, their victory bumped their record up to 16-5.
Everything went Winter Haven's way against George Jenkins when the teams last played back in September, as Winter Haven made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Winter Haven 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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