Ennis is 0-8 against Midlothian since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Ennis Lions will square off against the Midlothian Panthers at 5:00 p.m. Ennis will be strutting in after a win while Midlothian will be coming in after a loss.
Ennis took a loss when they played away from home on Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Poteet out 3-2.
Ennis was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (112-109), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 23-25, 18-25, 27-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Midlothian didn't have quite enough to beat Waxahachie on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Midlothian came incredibly close to winning: the sets they lost were decided by three points or less. After all that action, the final score was 16-25, 25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 16-14.
Ennis has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-9 record this season. As for Midlothian, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-7.
Ennis might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Midlothian in their previous meeting back in October of 2021. Can Ennis avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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