The Dover Pirates are taking a road trip to challenge the Atkins Red Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Dover has three straight wins, Atkins has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Tuesday, Dover was able to grind out a solid victory over Clinton, taking the matchup 3-1.
Dover had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Atkins lost 3-0 to Lamar on Tuesday.
While Atkins was not able to put a set on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the third set. The final set scores came out to 25-18, 25-14, 25-22.
Atkins has now lost seven of their last nine games at home. That leaves them at a 2-10 record this season. As for Dover, their win bumped their record up to 9-4.
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