The Big Piney Punchers will challenge the Tongue River Eagles on Thursday.
Big Piney is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Greybull just ended the team's four-match winning streak on Saturday. They lost 3-0 to the Buffaloes.
Meanwhile, Tongue River faced Pine Bluffs in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Eagles put the hurt on the Hornets with a sharp 3-0 victory. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Hornets recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive win against them.
Big Piney's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 9-13. As for Tongue River, their victory bumped their record up to 26-8.
Big Piney came up short against Tongue River when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Eagles' Lily Maslowski, who had ten digs and seven aces. Now that the Punchers know the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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