The Foard Tigers are on the road again on Thursday to play the Oak Grove Grizzlies at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Foard is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past Franklin 3-2.
Foard was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (98-95), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-23, 14-25, 25-18, 15-7.
Meanwhile, Oak Grove had already won 11 in a row and they went ahead and made it 12 on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Black Knights.
Oak Grove was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-9, 25-16.
Oak Grove's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Riley Rausch, who had seven digs and two aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Hollis Fitzgerald, who had six digs.
Foard is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-15 record this season. As for Oak Grove, they pushed their record up to 19-7 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
Everything went Foard's way against Oak Grove in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, as Foard made off with a 3-0 win. Does Foard have another victory up their sleeve, or will Oak Grove turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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