The Zumbrota-Mazeppa Cougars will challenge the Lourdes Eagles at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Last Saturday, Zumbrota-Mazeppa didn't have quite enough to beat Southwest Christian and fell 2-1.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-21, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Lourdes narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Dover-Eyota 3-2.
Lourdes was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (105-93), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 13-25, 25-23, 15-25, 15-13.
Zumbrota-Mazeppa has traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-9 record this season. As for Lourdes, their win ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-10.
Everything went Zumbrota-Mazeppa's way against Lourdes in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Zumbrota-Mazeppa made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Zumbrota-Mazeppa repeat their success, or does Lourdes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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