The Buckhorn Bucks are on the road again on Thursday to play the Gulf Shores Dolphins at 6:00 p.m. Buckhorn will be strutting in after a win while Gulf Shores will be coming in after a loss.
Buckhorn can't be too worried about heading out to take on Gulf Shores: they just beat Orange Beach at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Buckhorn sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Orange Beach on Tuesday.
Buckhorn took Orange Beach into a fifth set where they got it done with a eight-point win. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-17, 25-22, 18-25, 15-7.
Samya Scruggs and Chloe Brewington were among the main playmakers for Buckhorn as the former had 18 digs and two aces and the latter had 15 digs. That's the most aces Scruggs has posted in her last 12 matches.
Meanwhile, Gulf Shores came up short against Bayside Academy on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Dolphins in their matchups with the Admirals: they've now lost seven in a row.
Gulf Shores was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Bayside Academy work for it, especially in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 27-29, 26-24, 25-15.
Buckhorn's win bumped their record up to 33-10. As for Gulf Shores, their loss dropped their record down to 18-14.
Buckhorn was able to grind out a solid victory over Gulf Shores in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 2-0. Will Buckhorn repeat their success, or does Gulf Shores have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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