The Douglas Bearcats will square off against the Lovell Bulldogs on Thursday. Douglas is coming into the match hot, having won their last 12 games.
Douglas is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Wheatland, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Douglas was ranked third). Douglas was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Wheatland on Saturday.
Douglas' not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Wheatland between 16 and 19 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-16, 25-18.
Meanwhile, Lovell came into Saturday's contest having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top against Mountain View by a score of 3-1 on Saturday.
Lovell was especially dominant in the fourth set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-21, 20-25, 25-10.
Douglas is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-4 record this season. As for Lovell, their win bumped their record up to 6-10.
Douglas beat Lovell 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. Does Douglas have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lovell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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