Volleyball Recap: Tioga's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Tuesday

If Tioga was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Tom Bean last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Tioga Bulldogs took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Collinsville Pirates on Tuesday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Bulldogs of the 3-1 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture on October 4th.

Tioga started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-18.

Kennedy Slay paced Tioga's offense, picking up ten kills. Slay got some help from Ella Norwood and her 19 assists. Slay was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.

Reese Patterson was a one-man wrecking crew for Collinsville as she had 19 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Patterson has posted since back in September.

Tioga moved to 15-23-1 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Collinsville, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-18.

Tioga has already played their next match, a 3-0 loss against Whitewright on the 25th. As for Collinsville, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 victory against Sam Rayburn on the 25th.

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