The Bell City Cubs are taking a road trip to face off against the Gideon Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Bell City has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Gideon will come in with four straight wins.
Last Tuesday, Bell City didn't have quite enough to beat Woodland and fell 3-2.
Bell City took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-18, 23-25, 18-25, 25-16, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Gideon was able to grind out a solid victory over Bernie on Monday, taking the game 3-1.
If you add up the scores from across all four sets (90-86) Gideon actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 8-25, 25-22, 25-17, 28-26.
Haley Skinner went supernova for Gideon, getting 17 digs and two aces. That's the most aces Skinner has posted in her last nine contests.
Gideon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 11 consecutive matchups.
Bell City's defeat dropped their record down to 9-9-2. As for Gideon, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season.
Bell City took their win against Gideon when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Bell City have another victory up their sleeve, or will Gideon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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