The Tell City Marksmen will head out on the road to challenge the Evansville Christian Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Tell City is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Princeton just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 3-2.
Tell City actually scored more points across those five sets (105-98), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-23, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Evansville Christian had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Spartans by a score of 3-1.
Evansville Christian had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 26-24, 25-21, 25-21.
Tell City's loss dropped their record down to 14-9. As for Evansville Christian, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-7.
Everything went Tell City's way against Evansville Christian in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Tell City made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tell City 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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