The Tatum Eagles will challenge the Sabine Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Tatum is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last 15 games.
Tatum can't be too worried about heading out to take on Sabine: they just beat White Oak at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Tatum narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past White Oak 3-2.
Tatum wouldn't go down easily and took White Oak into a fifth set where they got it done with a 11-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 23-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-4.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Sabine duked it out withArp on Tuesday. Sabine walked away with a 3-1 victory over Arp. The win was some much needed relief for the Cardinals as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
Sabine was especially dominant in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-19, 23-25, 25-15.
Tatum pushed their record up to 35-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Sabine, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-19.
Everything went Tatum's way against Sabine when the teams last played back in September, as Tatum made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tatum since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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