Volleyball Game Preview: Tongue River Eagles vs. Sundance Bulldogs

By Team Reports Oct 8, 2024, 12:16am

Volleyball Preview: Tongue River Eagles vs. Sundance Bulldogs

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Tongue River and Sundance are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2021, but not for long. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Tongue River will be strutting in after a victory while Sundance will be coming in after a loss.

Tongue River will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Wright, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Tongue River skirted past Wright 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.

Tongue River wouldn't go down easily and took Wright into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-14, 21-25, 23-25, 15-10.

Tongue River was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 12 consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Sundance came up short against Big Horn on Saturday and fell 3-1.

The final score came out to 25-22, 24-26, 25-10, 25-16.

Tongue River is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2-4 record this season. As for Sundance, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-11-1.

Tongue River took their win against Sundance in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Does Tongue River have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sundance turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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