Douglas and Buffalo are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2022, but not for long. The Douglas Bearcats will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Buffalo Bison at 5:00 p.m.
Douglas is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Kelly Walsh, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Douglas was ranked third). Douglas fell just short of Kelly Walsh by a score of 2-1 on Saturday. The Bearcats' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Buffalo made easy work of Newcastle on Saturday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bison.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Buffalo took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-10, 25-14, 25-14.
Buffalo was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's the most aces they've posted was before the start of last season.
Douglas' defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 19-4. As for Buffalo, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 10-10 record this season.
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