East has gone 10-0 against South recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The East Thunderbirds will play host again on Wednesday to welcome the South Bison, where the match is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Thunder Basin, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (East was ranked 16th). East fell 3-1 to Thunder Basin on Friday. The Thunderbirds haven't had much luck with the Bolts recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
East started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-20, 25-9, 25-12.
Meanwhile, South was not able to break out of their rough patch last Saturday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They came up short against Thunder Basin, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-8, 25-14, 25-10.
East now has a losing record at 13-14. As for South, their loss dropped their record down to 3-21.
East was able to grind out a solid victory over South when the teams last played on October 4th, winning 3-1. Will East repeat their success, or does South have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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