Gardiner has gone 10-0 against Cony recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Gardiner Tigers will look to defend their home court against the Cony Rams at 5:30 p.m.
Gardiner is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Messalonskee, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Gardiner was ranked 23rd). Gardiner lost 3-0 to Messalonskee on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Cony had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They blew past the Warriors 3-0.
While Cony won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-23, 25-13.
Gardiner's loss dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Cony, they pushed their record up to 11-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Gardiner came out on top in a nail-biter against Cony in their previous matchup back in September, sneaking past 3-2. Will Gardiner repeat their success, or does Cony have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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