The Haines City Hornets will square off against the Santa Fe Catholic Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Haines City lost 3-0 to Frostproof on Wednesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-9, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe Catholic got the win against Victory Christian Academy on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
Santa Fe Catholic never let Victory Christian Academy on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 26-24, 25-14.
Santa Fe Catholic got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Ajayia Hodges out in front who had 11 digs and nine kills. Hodges has been hot recently, having posted nine or more kills the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Ansley Lausell, who had nine kills, six digs, and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Santa Fe Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive contests.
Haines City's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Santa Fe Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
Haines City came up short against Santa Fe Catholic when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Santa Fe Catholic's Maren Lausell, who had 38 digs. Now that Haines City knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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