On Thursday, Spanish Fort faced Chelsea in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Spanish Fort Toros fell 3-1 to the Chelsea Hornets. The Toros were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Hornets apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played back in September.
Spanish Fort started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-27, 25-23, 25-17, 27-25.
Even though they lost, Spanish Fort was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 12 consecutive games.
Spanish Fort moved to 56-10 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Chelsea, the victory (which was their 14th in a row) raised their record to 36-13.
Spanish Fort has already played their next match, a 3-0 win against Gulf Shores on the 24th. As for Chelsea, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Cullman at 7:00 a.m.
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