The Itasca Wampus Cats will challenge the Italy Gladiators at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Coming off a road loss, Itasca was happy to be home on Friday where their crowd gave them all the motivation they needed. They had just enough and edged out Hubbard 3-2.
Itasca wouldn't go down easily and took Hubbard into a fifth set where they got it done with an eight-point win. Once all was said and done, the final set scores wound up at 25-18, 18-25, 17-25, 25-17, 15-7.
Meanwhile, Italy entered their tilt with Hubbard on Tuesday with five consecutive wins but they'll face Itasca with six. They came out on top against the Jaguars by a score of 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 23-25, 25-6, 25-21.
Itasca's victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 7-19. As for Italy, they have now won eight of their last nine games at home. That gives them a 17-9 record this season.
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