Austin and Albert Lea are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2015, but not for long. The Austin Packers will head out to square off against the Albert Lea Tigers at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Austin is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Austin is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Lewiston-Altura just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Cardinals by a score of 3-2.
Austin actually scored more points across those five sets (102-101), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 13-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-13.
Albert Lea might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 3-1 to Red Wing, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Albert Lea took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. After all that action, the final score was 21-25, 25-11, 25-23, 25-20.
Austin's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Albert Lea, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Everything went Austin's way against Albert Lea when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Austin made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Austin 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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