The Izard County Cougars came up short against the Omaha Eagles on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
While Izard County ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 19 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 22-25, 25-21, 25-19.
Izard County has now lost five of their last six games on the road. That gives them a 5-3 record this season. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 5-0 Cotter and 4-0 Marshall (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 77.1% over those games). As for Omaha, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 10-6.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Izard County will square off against their in-conference opponent Alpena at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Omaha is set to face off against their familiar foe Viola at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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