The Fort Thomas Apaches will face off against the Ray Bearcats at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Fort Thomas will be strutting in after a win while Ray will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Fort Thomas sidestepped Valley Lutheran for a 3-2 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Apaches.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Ray took on Superior on Thursday. Ray fell just short of Superior by a score of 3-2. The Bearcats haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Ray took Superior into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking three-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-23, 25-27, 23-25, 15-12.
Even though they lost, Ray was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Fort Thomas is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Ray, their loss dropped their record down to 7-19.
Fort Thomas took their win against Ray in their previous meeting back in October of 2021 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Fort Thomas repeat their success, or does Ray have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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