After five games on the road, New Smyrna Beach is heading back home. They will welcome the Seabreeze Sandcrabs at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Saturday, it was close, but New Smyrna Beach sidestepped Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy for a 2-1 victory.
New Smyrna Beach was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (60-54), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 25-23, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Seabreeze sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Menendez on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Sandcrabs.
Seabreeze took Menendez into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. After all that action, the final score was 25-17, 20-25, 21-25, 25-12, 15-12.
Seabreeze's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Victoria Kenyon, who had 15 digs, and Peyton Hebert, who had seven kills and five digs.
Seabreeze was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive matchups.
New Smyrna Beach's victory bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Seabreeze, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-3.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: New Smyrna Beach has serving mastered this season, having averaged 6.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Seabreeze struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
New Smyrna Beach was able to grind out a solid victory over Seabreeze in their previous matchup back in October of 2022, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Seabreeze's Bella Dillman, who had 55 digs. Now that she won't be playing on Monday, will it be easier for New Smyrna Beach to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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