Fort Payne hasn't had much luck against Southside recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 5:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fort Payne can't be too worried about heading out to take on Southside: they just beat Glencoe at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Fort Payne walked away with a 2-0 win over Glencoe on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Fort Payne was: they took both sets by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Southside made easy work of Geraldine on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-14, 25-15.
Fort Payne is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 16-16 record this season. As for Southside, they pushed their record up to 12-8 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Fort Payne suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Southside when the teams last played last Monday. Can Fort Payne avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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