Carthage is 0-10 against Ozark since September of 2014 but things could change on Tuesday. The Carthage Tigers will head out on the road to square off against the Ozark Tigers at 7:30 p.m. The last four games Carthage has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Carthage will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Kickapoo, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. Carthage won by a set and slipped past Kickapoo 3-2.
Carthage was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (102-99), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 25-22, 25-21, 12-25, 22-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Ozark entered their tilt with Jefferson City on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Jays 3-2.
Ozark had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first firsttwo sets, they turned around to win the next four. After all that action, the final score was 24-26, 15-25, 25-21, 25-12, 15-10.
Carthage pushed their record up to 8-3 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Ozark, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Carthage suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Ozark when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Carthage avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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