The Texas Tigers will face off against the Jacksonville Fightin' Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Texas will be strutting in after a victory while Jacksonville will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, Texas sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Marshall. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Texas had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 20-25, 25-19, 25-15, 15-7.
Texas found their leader in underclassman Sydney King, who had 15 digs. Those 15 digs set a new season-high mark for King.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of Tyler by a score of 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Jacksonville sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-20, 20-25, 25-18, 23-25, 15-12.
Texas is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-13 record this season. As for Jacksonville, their loss dropped their record down to 15-17.
Texas took their victory against Jacksonville in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Does Texas have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jacksonville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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