Fennimore has gone 8-2 against Southwestern recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Fennimore Golden Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Southwestern Wildcats at 7:00 p.m.
Last Tuesday, Fennimore came up short against Darlington and fell 3-1. The Golden Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Fennimore started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-20.
Even though they lost, Fennimore was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Southwestern, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Boscobel on Thursday as Southwestern made off with a 3-0 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Wildcats have posted since September 24th.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Southwestern was: they took every set by at least 13 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-9, 25-12.
Fennimore's defeat dropped their record down to 13-12. As for Southwestern, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-8.
Fennimore skirted past Southwestern 3-2 in their previous matchup back in September. Will Fennimore repeat their success, or does Southwestern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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