The Niangua Cardinals are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Pleasant Hope Pirates at 5:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It was a proper cat-fight when Niangua challenged Seymour on Saturday. Niangua fell 2-0 to Seymour.
Niangua may have fallen short, but they were sure consistent: they scored 13 points in every single set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Hope also suffered a loss in their last game, but this one to Marionville by a score of 2-0.
Pleasant Hope was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-23.
Pleasant Hope's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kylee Agee, who had 12 digs, and Loraine Arciniegas, who had 11 digs.
Niangua's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Pleasant Hope, their loss dropped their record down to 17-11-3.
Niangua came up short against Pleasant Hope when the teams last played back in October of 2020, falling 2-0. Can Niangua avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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