Gulf Shores lost to St. Paul's Episcopal back in October of 2020, but they didn't allow them the same satisfaction on Tuesday. The Gulf Shores Dolphins sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over the St. Paul's Episcopal Saints. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Dolphins.
Gulf Shores was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-9, 21-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-11.
Gulf Shores was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Despite the defeat, St. Paul's Episcopal had strong showings from Ivey Marston, who had three digs and two aces, and Kendall Dougherty, who had ten digs.
Gulf Shores is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-14 record this season. As for St. Paul's Episcopal, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-25.
Gulf Shores will square off against Baldwin County at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for St. Paul's Episcopal, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-1 win against Satsuma on the 10th.
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