The Chipley Tigers will take on the Cottondale Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Chipley is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering West Florida just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell just short of the Jaguars by a score of 3-2. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Jaguars recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Chipley actually scored more points across those five sets (106-102), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 14-25, 21-25, 25-23, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Cottondale came tearing into Thursday's game with 15 straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Blue Devils 3-0.
One reason for the win was Cottondale's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-13, 25-10.
Cottondale was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 39 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Chipley's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-6. As for Cottondale, their win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-1.
Chipley was able to grind out a solid victory over Cottondale when the teams last played back in August, winning 3-1. Will Chipley repeat their success, or does Cottondale have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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