Hartselle has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Athens Golden Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Saturday, Hartselle didn't have quite enough to beat Mountain Brook and fell 2-1. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Hartselle started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-20, 15-7.
Meanwhile, Athens entered their tilt with Grissom on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Tigers by a score of 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The final score came out to 25-22, 25-23.
Hartselle's defeat dropped their record down to 19-19. As for Athens, they pushed their record up to 20-10 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Hartselle came out on top in a nail-biter against Athens in their previous matchup last Thursday, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hartselle since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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