Portageville won the last time they faced Caruthersville, and things went their way on Tuesday too. Everything went the Portageville Bulldogs' way against the Caruthersville Tigers as the Portageville Bulldogs made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
A big factor in the win was Portageville's feisty defense: they held Caruthersville to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-13, 25-5.
Portageville can attribute much of their success to Mia Scherer, who had three digs and two aces. That's the most aces Scherer has posted in her last five matchups.
Portageville is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3-2 record this season. As for Caruthersville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-6.
Portageville will challenge Oran at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The timing isn't great for Oran: they have been struggling with five straight losses at home, while Portageville has snatched up ten consecutive wins on the road dating back to last season. As for Caruthersville, they will square off against Delta at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Caruthersville is facing Delta at the right time seeing as Delta is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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