The Northwest Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Smithton Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northwest has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight losses, while Smithton will come in with three straight victories.
Last Saturday, Northwest came up short against Richmond and fell 2-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-10.
Meanwhile, Smithton hadn't done well against Sacred Heart recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Smithton skirted past Sacred Heart 3-2.
Smithton was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (108-105), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-18, 16-25, 17-25, 22-20.
Northwest's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Smithton, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Everything went Northwest's way against Smithton when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Northwest made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northwest 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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