After both having extra time off, the Chase County Longhorns and the Bridgeport Bulldogs will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another on Thursday. Bridgeport took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Chase County, who comes in off a win.
Chase County is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest win since September 24th on Thursday. Everything went their way against Perkins County as Chase County made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Longhorns.
Chase County was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-19, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Bridgeport didn't have quite enough to beat Mitchell on Thursday and fell 3-2. The Bulldogs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Bridgeport wouldn't go down easily and took Mitchell into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-18, 23-25, 25-27, 15-12.
Despite the defeat, Bridgeport saw an underclassman step up: Claire Eckhardt had 34 digs. Those 34 digs set a new season-high mark for Eckhardt.
Chase County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season. As for Bridgeport, their loss dropped their record down to 16-9.
Chase County was able to grind out a solid win over Bridgeport in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Chase County repeat their success, or does Bridgeport have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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