Southern was the 3-0 winner over Eastern when they last played one another back in September, but their luck changed this time around. The Southern Tornadoes fell just short of the Eastern Eagles by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Tornadoes' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Southern actually scored more points across those five sets (112-89), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 5-25, 16-25, 25-23, 18-16.
Southern's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-5. As for Eastern, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-8.
Southern will host St. Joseph Central at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Southern is facing St. Joseph Central at the right time seeing as St. Joseph Central is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. Eastern does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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