After both having extra time off, the Pine Tree Pirates and the Lindale Eagles will shake off the rust and duke it out at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Pine Tree is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Spring Hill just ended the team's four-match winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 3-2.
Pine Tree wouldn't go down easily and took Spring Hill into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 14-25, 14-25, 25-11, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Lindale made easy work of Mabank on Friday and carried off a 3-0 win. The Eagles haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
One reason for the win was Lindale's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-13, 25-7.
Lindale's win bumped their record up to 29-14. As for Pine Tree, their loss dropped their record down to 27-14.
Pine Tree came up short against Lindale in their previous matchup back in September of 2024, falling 3-1. Can the Pirates avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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