The Tioga Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Lone Oak Buffaloes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Tioga has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Lone Oak will come in with five straight victories.
Last Friday, Tioga came up short against Alvord and fell 3-1.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-14, 17-25, 25-23.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Lone Oak sidestepped North Lamar for a 3-2 win.
Lone Oak was staring down a 2-0 deficit headed into the third set, but they rallied to take the next four for the win. After all that action, the final score was 19-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-16, 15-12.
Lone Oak was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in five consecutive games.
Tioga's defeat dropped their record down to 4-14. As for Lone Oak, they pushed their record up to 16-8 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
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