Springfield hadn't done well against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. The Springfield Tigers had just enough and edged the Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds out 2-1. This was a revenge contest for the Tigers, as the team was forced to settle for a 3-2 loss when these two played last Tuesday.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Springfield got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 24-26, 15-9.
Springfield's win bumped their record up to 4-16-1. As for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
Springfield has already played their next match, a 2-0 loss against Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg on the 5th. As for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play New Ulm Cathedral at 7:15 p.m.
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