The Harvest Community Warriors and the Seffner Christian Crusaders are set to duel on Saturday.
Last Thursday, Harvest Community came up short against Fletcher and fell 3-1.
Harvest Community actually scored more points across those four sets (95-89), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 11-25, 25-21, 28-26.
Despite their defeat, Harvest Community saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Peyton Cooper, who had six digs and 42 assists, was perhaps the best of all. Cooper is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 16 or more in the last eight games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Pria Adhikari, who had 14 digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Harvest Community was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Seffner Christian entered their tilt with Zephyrhills on Thursday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Everything went their way against the Bulldogs as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-19, 25-7.
Harvest Community has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-7 record this season. As for Seffner Christian, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Saturday's match: Harvest Community has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Seffner Christian struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.3. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
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