A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers challenges the Centralia Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Kirksville narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Fulton 3-2.
Kirksville wouldn't go down easily and took Fulton into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-15, 23-25, 25-20, 15-13.
Kirksville can attribute much of their success to Sydney Cochran, who had four digs and two aces, and Cambria Hart, who had 40 digs and four aces. Cochran is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played.
Meanwhile, everything went Centralia's way against Montgomery County on Tuesday as Centralia made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Panthers.
Centralia was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-23, 25-14.
Kirksville's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 10-12. As for Centralia, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-15 record this season.
Kirksville beat Centralia 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. Will Kirksville repeat their success, or does Centralia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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