Tavares is 10-0 against Umatilla since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Tavares Bulldogs will look to defend their home court against the Umatilla Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Umatilla took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Tavares, who comes in off a win.
Tavares will bounce into Thursday's game after beating South Lake, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Tavares had just enough and edged South Lake out 3-2 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Tavares wouldn't go down easily and took South Lake into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 28-26, 25-20, 21-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Umatilla was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of Taylor by a score of 3-2.
Umatilla actually scored more points across those five sets (106-99), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 21-25, 12-25, 26-24, 15-13.
Tavares has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Umatilla, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9.
Tavares beat Umatilla 3-1 when the teams last played back in August. Does Tavares have another victory up their sleeve, or will Umatilla turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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