Volleyball Preview: High Island Cardinals vs. Spurger Pirates
The High Island Cardinals will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Spurger Pirates at 4:30 p.m. Spurger took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on High Island, who comes in off a win.
It was a proper cat-fight when High Island faced off against Hull-Daisetta on Friday. High Island blew past Hull-Daisetta 3-0.
High Island's got stronger as the match went on, holding Hull-Daisetta to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-10, 25-6.
Meanwhile, Spurger didn't have quite enough to beat Burkeville on Friday and fell 3-2. While the Pirates didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Mustangs 25-20 in the first set.
Spurger took Burkeville into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-15, 20-25, 25-21, 15-13.
High Island is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Spurger, they now have a losing record at 11-12.
Everything went High Island's way against Spurger in their previous matchup last Friday, as High Island made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for High Island since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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