The Southern Tornadoes will face off against the Eastern Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Southern is coming into the contest hot, having won their last three games.
Southern can't be too worried about heading out to take on Eastern: they just beat Federal Hocking at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Southern came out on top in a nail-biter against Federal Hocking on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2.
Southern took Federal Hocking into a fifth set where they got it done with a nine-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 17-25, 18-25, 25-17, 15-6.
Meanwhile, Eastern unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Waterford.
While Eastern ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 18 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 18-25, 25-19, 25-18.
Southern has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for Eastern, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-8.
Southern took their victory against Eastern when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southern since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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