The Italy Gladiators are taking a road trip to challenge the Hubbard Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Italy has four straight victories, Hubbard has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Italy proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by three) and on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out Rio Vista 3-2. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last six times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Italy took Rio Vista into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-23, 19-25, 25-13, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Hubbard lost 3-0 to Wortham on Friday.
Hubbard may have fallen short, but they were sure consistent: they scored zero points in every single set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-0, 25-0, 25-0.
Italy's win bumped their record up to 17-5. As for Hubbard, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15.
Italy was able to grind out a solid victory over Hubbard in their previous meeting back in August, winning 2-0. Do the Gladiators have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Jaguars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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