Umatilla hasn't had much luck against Tavares recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Umatilla Bulldogs will venture away from home to face off against the Tavares Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m.
Umatilla is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Taylor by a score of 3-2.
Umatilla actually scored more points across those five sets (106-99), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 21-25, 12-25, 26-24, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Tavares hadn't done well against South Lake recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Tavares narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past South Lake 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Tavares wouldn't go down easily and took South Lake into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The final score came out to 19-25, 28-26, 25-20, 21-25, 15-10.
Umatilla's defeat dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Tavares, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
Umatilla came up short against Tavares in their previous meeting back in August, falling 3-1. Can Umatilla avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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