Pelham hasn't had much luck against Spanish Fort recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Pelham Panthers will be staying on the road to face off against the Spanish Fort Toros at 4:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pelham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Spain Park, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Pelham was ranked 12th). Pelham skirted past Spain Park 3-2.
Pelham had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 21-25, 17-25, 25-13, 25-22, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Spanish Fort entered their tilt with St. Luke's Episcopal on Monday with ten consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 11. Everything went their way against the Wildcats as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Spanish Fort never let St. Luke's Episcopal on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 26-24, 25-15.
Spanish Fort 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 five aces in 16 consecutive matchups.
Pelham has been performing well recently as they've won 17 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-8 record this season. As for Spanish Fort, their victory bumped their record up to 44-7.
Pelham beat Spanish Fort 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September. Will Pelham repeat their success, or does Spanish Fort have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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