After five games on the road, Winston County is heading back home. They will welcome the Carbon Hill Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Winston County is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Lawrence County just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 2-0 to the Red Devils. The Yellowjackets haven't had much luck with the Red Devils recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
The defeat didn't mean the game wasn't competitive: Lawrence County scored at least 17 points in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Carbon Hill also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to East Lawrence by a score of 2-0. The Bulldogs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Carbon Hill was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-10, 25-23.
Winston County's loss dropped their record down to 16-4. As for Carbon Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-18.
Winston County was able to grind out a solid victory over Carbon Hill when the teams last played back in August, winning 2-0. Will Winston County repeat their success, or does Carbon Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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