After two games on the road, Excelsior Springs is heading back home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers faces off against the Raytown South Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Excelsior Springs didn't have quite enough to beat Grandview and fell 3-2.
Excelsior Springs wouldn't go down easily and took Grandview into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking eight-point loss. The final score came out to 25-15, 25-19, 16-25, 25-27, 15-7.
Even though they lost, Excelsior Springs was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last ten matches.
Meanwhile, Raytown South was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 14th straight defeat. They came up short against Smithville, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-9, 25-8.
Excelsior Springs has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-18-1 record this season. As for Raytown South, their loss dropped their record down to 4-26-1.
Excelsior Springs took their win against Raytown South when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 3-0. Does Excelsior Springs have another victory up their sleeve, or will Raytown South turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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