Cumberland Academy hasn't had much luck against Gilmer recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Cumberland Academy Knights will look to defend their home court against the Gilmer Buckeyes at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Cumberland Academy lost 3-0 to Kilgore on Tuesday. The Knights have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 25-15, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Gilmer didn't have quite enough to beat Henderson on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Gilmer took Henderson into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking eight-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-18, 14-25, 23-25, 15-7.
Cumberland Academy's loss dropped their record down to 11-9. As for Gilmer, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-12.
Cumberland Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Gilmer in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. Can Cumberland Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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