Winter Park is on a 25-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Osceola is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Winter Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Wednesday. Everything went their way against DeLand as Winter Park made off with a 3-0 win.
The victory didn't come easy: DeLand scored at least 20 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-22, 25-23.
Vero Beach came into Wednesday's match looking for another win against Osceola, but Dari Bravo wouldn't allow it. Everything went Osceola's way against Vero Beach last Wednesday as Osceola made off with a 3-0 win thanks in part to Bravo, who had 14 digs and three aces. She has been hot recently, having posted ten or more digs the last four times she's played.
Osceola walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-15, 25-23.
Winter Park's record now sits at 26-1. As for Osceola, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Friday's matchup: Winter Park has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 9.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Osceola struggles in that department as they've been averaging 12. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Winter Park took their win against Osceola when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Winter Park repeat their success, or does Osceola have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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