Gainesville has gone 8-2 against Buchholz recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Gainesville Hurricanes are taking a road trip to take on the Buchholz Bobcats at 7:00 p.m. Gainesville will be strutting in after a win while Buchholz will be coming in after a defeat.
Gainesville will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Santa Fe, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Gainesville had just enough and edged Santa Fe out 3-2 on Tuesday.
Gainesville took Santa Fe into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-18, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Buchholz was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to St. John Lutheran.
Buchholz was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-18, 25-20.
Gainesville has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Buchholz, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-11.
Everything went Gainesville's way against Buchholz in their previous meeting back in September, as Gainesville made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gainesville since the team 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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