The Gulfport Admirals are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Northwest Rankin Cougars at 4:00 p.m. Northwest Rankin took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Gulfport, who comes in off a win.
Gulfport is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Our Lady Academy, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Gulfport was ranked sixth). Gulfport sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Our Lady Academy on Tuesday.
Gulfport was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (110-107), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-23, 21-25, 20-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Northwest Rankin came up short against Madison Central on Thursday, falling 3-0. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While Northwest Rankin had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 19 points in every set they played. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-19, 25-21.
Northwest Rankin's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Sadie Tatum, who had ten digs, and Bella Beausoleil, who had eight digs.
Gulfport pushed their record up to 27-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Northwest Rankin, their loss dropped their record down to 15-15.
Gulfport was able to grind out a solid victory over Northwest Rankin when the teams last played back in August, winning 2-0. Will Gulfport repeat their success, or does Northwest Rankin have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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