The Belton Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Pflugerville Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Belton will be strutting in after a victory while Pflugerville will be coming in after a defeat.
Belton will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Copperas Cove, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Belton narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Copperas Cove 3-2.
Belton was staring down a 2-0 deficit headed into the third set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. After all that action, the final score was 21-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19, 15-12.
Pflugerville might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-0 to Hays, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Hawks recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-19, 25-2.
Belton now has a winning record of 13-12. As for Pflugerville, their loss dropped their record down to 10-22.
Belton was able to grind out a solid victory over Pflugerville in their previous matchup back in August of 2018, winning 2-0. Does Belton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pflugerville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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