After both having extra time off, the Haleyville Lions and the Russellville Golden Tigers will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Haleyville took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They skirted past Sulligent 2-1.
Haleyville was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 13-25, 25-21, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Russellville entered their tilt with West Point on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Warriors out 3-2.
Russellville was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (103-93), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 14-25, 14-25, 25-21, 15-11.
Haleyville's win bumped their record up to 6-9. As for Russellville, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-11 record this season.
Haleyville came up short against Russellville in their previous meeting last Saturday, falling 2-0. Can Haleyville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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