Volleyball Preview: Pine Tree Pirates vs. Gilmer Buckeyes
The Pine Tree Pirates will square off against the Gilmer Buckeyes at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
On Friday, Pine Tree came up short against Kilgore and fell 3-1. The Pirates haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Pine Tree 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 20-25, 25-16, 25-16, 25-22.
Meanwhile, everything went Gilmer's way against Chapel Hill on Friday as Gilmer made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Gilmer was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-15, 25-13.
Gilmer can attribute much of their success to Brie Jones, who had 13 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Jones has posted since back in August.
Pine Tree's loss dropped their record down to 12-18. As for Gilmer, they pushed their record up to 16-14 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
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