The Cottondale Hornets will venture away from home to take on the Chipley Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Cottondale is coming into the game hot, having won their last 16 games.
Last Thursday, everything went Cottondale's way against Holmes County as Cottondale made off with a 3-0 victory.
Cottondale's got stronger as the match went on, holding Holmes County to fewer and fewer points set over set. 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 matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Chipley duked it out withWest Florida on Saturday. Chipley fell just short of West Florida by a score of 3-2. The Tigers' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
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.
Cottondale pushed their record up to 16-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Chipley, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-6.
Cottondale came up short against Chipley in their previous meeting back in August, falling 3-1. Can Cottondale avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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