Zalma is 0-10 against Leopold since August of 2017 but things could change on Thursday. The Zalma Bulldogs will square off against the Leopold Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Zalma will be strutting in after a win while Leopold will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Zalma finally turned things around against Charleston on Monday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Bluejays.
Zalma had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-19, 25-10, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Leopold entered their matchup against Bell City on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Leopold fell just short of Bell City by a score of 3-2.
Leopold started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 11-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-23, 16-14.
Zalma's win bumped their record up to 2-8. As for Leopold, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 11-4-1.
Zalma suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Leopold in their previous matchup on September 3rd. Can Zalma avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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