Florence is 1-9 against Lamar since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Florence Huskies will stay at home for another game and welcome the Lamar Thunder at 1:00 p.m.
On Thursday, Florence came up short against Banning Lewis Academy and fell 3-1. While the Huskies didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Stallions 25-20 in the first set.
Florence started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-19.
Meanwhile, everything went Lamar's way against Atlas Preparatory School on Thursday as Lamar made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Thunder.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Lamar took every set by at least 19 points. The final score came out to 25-6, 25-5, 25-6.
Lamar couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 57.7% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Florence's defeat dropped their record down to 9-9. As for Lamar, their victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 19-2.
Florence suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lamar when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Florence avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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