Gainesville hasn't had much luck against Bakersfield recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Gainesville Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the Bakersfield Lions at 5:30 p.m. Gainesville will be strutting in after a victory while Bakersfield will be coming in after a loss.
Gainesville took a loss when they played away from home back in August, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed last Monday. They skirted past Couch 3-2.
Gainesville was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (110-104), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-27, 14-25, 25-22, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Bakersfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat dating back to last season. They fell 2-0 to Willow Springs.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-20.
Gainesville now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Bakersfield, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Gainesville suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Bakersfield when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Gainesville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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