Gulf Shores is 6-1 against Buckhorn since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Gulf Shores Dolphins are on the road again to play the Buckhorn Bucks at 7:00 a.m.
Gulf Shores heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to Spanish Fort.
Gulf Shores was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-15, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Buckhorn had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Trojans.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (91-86) Buckhorn actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 8-25, 25-18, 28-26.
Gulf Shores' defeat dropped their record down to 26-19. As for Buckhorn, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 44-16 record this season.
Gulf Shores was able to grind out a solid victory over Buckhorn in their previous matchup on October 3rd, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gulf Shores since the team 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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