The Jonesboro Hurricane will head out to challenge the Central Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Jonesboro is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arkansas' top teams: Conway, who was ranked fourth at the time (Jonesboro was ranked 23rd). The Hurricane lost 3-0 to the Wampus Cats on Thursday.
While Jonesboro was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the second set. The final score came out to 25-13, 26-24, 25-11.
Central not only won on Thursday, but they posted their biggest win since October 2nd (when they won 3-0). They blew past Little Rock Southwest 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Central was: they took every set by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-14, 25-7.
Central's win bumped their record up to 17-7. As for Jonesboro, they dropped their record down to 15-9-1 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Jonesboro might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Central in their previous meeting back in September. Can the Hurricane avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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