The Ava Bears will venture away from home to face off against the Mountain Grove Panthers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Ava is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Ava is headed into the contest having just suffered their biggest loss since September 17th on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to Liberty.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-18, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Mountain Grove waltzed into their match on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Bobcats.
A big factor in the win was Mountain Grove's feisty defense: they held Thayer to fewer and fewer points set over set. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-11, 25-10.
Ava's defeat dropped their record down to 5-13-2. As for Mountain Grove, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2-1 record this season.
Ava might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Mountain Grove when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Ava avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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