Forest Park unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-court advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of the Gainesville Cardinals by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Bruins were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Cardinals apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in August of 2023.
Forest Park actually scored more points across those five sets (105-94), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 10-25, 25-23, 18-25, 26-24, 15-8.
Gainesville has started the season off flawlessly and has a 2-0 record to show for it.
Forest Park will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Potomac Senior at 7:00 p.m. on September 9. As for Gainesville, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Osbourn at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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