The Alexandria Valley Cubs are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Straughn Tigers at 10:00 a.m. Straughn took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Alexandria, who comes in off a win.
Alexandria can't be too worried about heading out to take on Straughn: they just beat Madison County at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Alexandria came out on top against Madison County by a score of 3-1 on Thursday.
Alexandria had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-23.
Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Straughn can now relate to. They lost 3-0 to the Cardinals on Thursday. The Tigers' loss signaled the end of their 12-game winning streak.
Straughn was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-18, 25-22.
Alexandria is on a roll lately: they've won 24 of their last 27 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 40-14 record this season. As for Straughn, their defeat dropped their record down to 25-9.
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