After flying high against Sherwood last Monday, Butler came back down to earth. The Butler Bears fell just short of the Lone Jack Mules by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The defeat continues a trend for the Bears in their matchups with the Mules: they've now lost three in a row.
Butler took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 24-26, 15-25, 25-21, 15-9.
Butler's loss dropped their record down to 24-6-2. As for Lone Jack, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 24-8-1.
Butler will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Stockton at 7:00 p.m. on October 29th. Butler is facing Stockton at the right time seeing as Stockton is stuck on a six-game losing streak. Lone Jack does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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