The Shawnee Braves will head out on the road to challenge the Madison Plains Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Shawnee is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
On Tuesday, Shawnee didn't have quite enough to beat North Union and fell 3-2.
Shawnee took North Union into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking nine-point loss. The final score came out to 25-22, 21-25, 23-25, 25-18, 15-6.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Madison Plains' good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of West Jefferson by a score of 3-2. The Golden Eagles have struggled against the Roughriders recently, as their game on Tuesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Madison Plains took West Jefferson into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 25-15, 21-25, 13-25, 17-15.
Shawnee's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Madison Plains, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-2.
Shawnee might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Madison Plains when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Shawnee avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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