The Lytle Pirates are taking a road trip to take on the Natalia Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
On Tuesday, Lytle didn't have quite enough to beat Hondo and fell 3-2. The Pirates haven't had much luck with the Owls recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Lytle took Hondo into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking 15-point loss. The final score came out to 25-0, 0-25, 0-25, 25-0, 15-0.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Natalia, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They won by a set and slipped past Cotulla 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Mustangs have posted since August 23rd.
Natalia was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-100), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 11-25, 26-24, 23-25, 25-21, 15-11.
Lytle's defeat dropped their record down to 9-18. As for Natalia, their victory bumped their record up to 12-10.
Lytle couldn't quite get it done against Natalia when the teams last played back in August as they fell 2-0. Can the Pirates avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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