The Royse City Bulldogs will face off against the Forney Jackrabbits at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Royse City can't be too worried about heading out to take on Forney: they just beat North Forney at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Royse City had just enough and edged North Forney out 3-2.
Royse City wouldn't go down easily and took North Forney into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-22, 25-15, 18-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Forney narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past North Forney 3-2.
Forney had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 19-25, 16-25, 25-20, 25-20, 15-10.
Forney found their leader in sophomore Piper Love, who had eight digs.
Royse City has been performing well recently as they've won 26 of their last 31 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 36-8 record this season. As for Forney, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 25-12.
Royse City took their win against Forney in their previous meeting on October 4th by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Royse City since the squad 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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