Daphne hasn't had much luck against Spanish Fort recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Daphne Trojans will take on the Spanish Fort Toros at 8:00 a.m.
Daphne is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Gulf Breeze, who was ranked fifth at the time (Daphne was ranked 15th). Daphne lost 3-0 to Gulf Breeze on Thursday. The Trojans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-16, 25-12.
The losing side was boosted by Isabella Charlton, who had 13 digs and three aces.
Meanwhile, Spanish Fort entered their tilt with Baldwin County on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-14, 25-18.
Daphne's loss dropped their record down to 25-10. As for Spanish Fort, they are on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 20 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 38-7 record this season.
Daphne came up short against Spanish Fort when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can Daphne avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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