After flying high against Anderson County two weeks ago, Alcoa came back down to earth. The Alcoa Tornadoes took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Gibbs Eagles on Tuesday. The Tornadoes were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Eagles apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in October of 2020.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-16, 17-25, 25-18.
Gibbs was led to victory by Jillian Robinson and Grace Raley. Robinson had three aces, while Raley had 19 digs and four aces. That's the most aces Raley has posted since back in September.
Alcoa's loss dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Gibbs, the win (which was their tenth in a row) raised their record to 18-6.
Alcoa will be playing in front of their home fans against Maryville Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Maryville Christian will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something Alcoa surely won't give up without a fight. As for Gibbs, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 win against Cherokee on the 2nd.
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