After three games on the road, Bridgeport is heading back home. They will welcome the Mitchell Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Bridgeport is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Scottsbluff just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bearcats. The loss continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Bearcats: they've now lost seven in a row.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 17-25, 25-14, 25-22.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Mitchell took on Morrill on Tuesday. Mitchell fell 3-1 to Morrill. While the Tigers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Lions 25-23 in the first set.
Mitchell 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 23-25, 27-25, 25-16, 25-19.
Bridgeport's defeat dropped their record down to 16-8. As for Mitchell, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-18 record this season.
Bridgeport was able to grind out a solid win over Mitchell when the teams last played back in September, winning 2-0. Does Bridgeport have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mitchell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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