Western Branch faced Grassfield in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Bruins fell 3-1 to the Grizzlies. The Bruins haven't had much luck with the Grizzlies recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.
Western Branch started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-14, 25-14, 25-22.
Western Branch's defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 5-1 and their overall record down to 10-2. As for Grassfield, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 10-4.
We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Western Branch is set to challenge their familiar foe Indian River at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Grassfield will square off against rival Lakeland at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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