The Chase County Longhorns will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Gothenburg Swedes.
Chase County is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Overton, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Chase County was ranked 23rd). Chase County fell just short of Overton by a score of 2-1 on Saturday.
The 2-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Chase County lost were decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 20-25, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Gothenburg waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 2-0.
Gothenburg never let Hershey on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-23.
Chase County's loss dropped their record down to 9-4. As for Gothenburg, their win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 12-7.
Chase County came up short against Gothenburg when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Chase County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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