The Union Grove Lions will head out to square off against the Elysian Fields Yellowjackets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Union Grove narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Overton 3-2.
Union Grove was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (96-93), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 12-25, 25-18, 25-16, 16-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, everything went Elysian Fields' way against Hughes Springs last Friday as Elysian Fields made off with a 3-0 victory.
Elysian Fields never let Hughes Springs on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-19, 32-30.
Union Grove's record now sits at 7-16. As for Elysian Fields, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-16 record this season.
Union Grove came up short against Elysian Fields in their previous matchup back in August of 2020, falling 3-1. Can Union Grove avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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