The Dobyns-Bennett Indians will face off against the Elizabethton Fighting Cyclones at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Dobyns-Bennett has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Elizabethton will come in with five straight victories.
On Saturday, Dobyns-Bennett didn't have quite enough to beat Clinton and fell 2-1.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Dobyns-Bennett sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 19-25, 15-9.
Meanwhile, everything went Elizabethton's way against Johnson County on Thursday as Elizabethton made off with a 3-0 win.
One reason for the win was Elizabethton's dynamic defense, which allowed fewer and fewer points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-13, 25-6.
Dobyns-Bennett's defeat dropped their record down to 13-16. As for Elizabethton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season.
Dobyns-Bennett was able to grind out a solid victory over Elizabethton in their previous matchup on September 3rd, winning 3-1. Does Dobyns-Bennett have another victory up their sleeve, or will Elizabethton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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