Gibraltar and Sevastopol are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Gibraltar Vikings will host the Sevastopol Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Gibraltar didn't have quite enough to beat Southern Door and fell 3-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost five in a row.
Gibraltar started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 24-26, 22-25, 25-14, 25-20, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Sevastopol came into Tuesday's matchup having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They won by a set and slipped past Kewaunee 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (100-94) Sevastopol actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 10-25, 25-20, 19-25, 15-11.
Gibraltar's loss dropped their record down to 5-19. As for Sevastopol, their win bumped their record up to 16-12.
Gibraltar beat Sevastopol 3-1 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Gibraltar repeat their success, or does Sevastopol have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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