The First Flight Nighthawks will head out to square off against the Martin County Gators at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
First Flight is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Currituck County just ended the team's three-match winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 3-2. While the Nighthawks didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Knights 25-21 in the first set.
First Flight started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 22-25, 25-21, 25-21, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Martin County was able to grind out a solid win over Hertford County on Thursday, taking the game 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Gators.
In the three sets Martin County was on fire: they won each by at least 25 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-0, 25-0, 0-25, 25-0.
Martin County's victory bumped their record up to 9-4. As for First Flight, their loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 8-10.
Everything went First Flight's way against Martin County when the teams last played on September 11th, as First Flight made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Nighthawks 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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