The Bettye Davis East Anchorage Thunderbirds are taking a road trip to square off against the Dimond Lynx at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Bettye Davis East Anchorage is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Chugiak, who was ranked third at the time (Bettye Davis East Anchorage was ranked 16th). The Thunderbirds fell 3-1 to the Mustangs on Friday. The defeat continues a trend for the Thunderbirds in their meetings with the Mustangs: they've now lost three in a row.
Bettye Davis East Anchorage was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Chugiak work for it, especially in the second set. The final score came out to 25-21, 27-25, 23-25, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Dimond came up short against South Anchorage on Friday and fell 3-1. While the Lynx didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Wolverines 25-20 in the first set.
Dimond started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19.
Dimond's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 8-1 and their overall record down to 18-9-1. As for Bettye Davis East Anchorage, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-12.
Bettye Davis East Anchorage suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Dimond when the teams last played back in September. Can the Thunderbirds avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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