Sundance and Tongue River are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2021, but not for long. The Sundance Bulldogs are on the road again on Friday to play the Tongue River Eagles at 3:00 p.m.
Last Saturday, Sundance came up short against Big Horn and fell 3-1.
The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 24-26, 25-10, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Tongue River hadn't done well against Wright recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Saturday. Tongue River came out on top in a nail-biter against Wright , sneaking past 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Tongue River took Wright into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-14, 21-25, 23-25, 15-10.
Tongue River was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 12 consecutive contests.
Sundance's defeat dropped their record down to 13-11-1. As for Tongue River, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2-4 record this season.
Sundance suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Tongue River when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tongue River's Paxten Aksamit, who had 25 digs. Now that Sundance knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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