Columbia and Lafayette are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2015, but not for long. The Columbia Tigers will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Lafayette Hornets at 6:00 p.m. Lafayette took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Columbia, who comes in off a win.
Columbia is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since September 10th on Thursday. Everything went their way against Dixie County as Columbia made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
While Columbia won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Lafayette came up short against Branford on Friday and fell 3-1. The matchup marked the Hornets' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Lafayette started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 25-17, 25-17, 25-19.
Columbia has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Lafayette, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-2.
Columbia skirted past Lafayette 3-2 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Does Columbia have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lafayette turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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