Volleyball Preview: Gillett Tigers vs. Niagara Badgers
Gillett is 2-8 against Niagara since October of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Gillett Tigers will face off against the Niagara Badgers at 1:30 p.m.
Gillett is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Crivitz, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
After all that action, the final score was 25-18, 25-18, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Niagara earned a 3-1 win over Lena on Tuesday.
Niagara had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the nexttwo. The final score came out to 19-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-18.
Niagara was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive matches.
Gillett's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Niagara, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Gillett came up short against Niagara in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Gillett avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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