The Butternut Midgets will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Drummond Lumberjacks at 7:00 p.m. Drummond took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Butternut, who comes in off a win.
Last Saturday, Butternut narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Flambeau 2-1.
Butternut had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 16-25, 25-17, 15-9.
Meanwhile, Drummond was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell just short of Washburn by a score of 3-2.
Drummond wouldn't go down easily and took Washburn into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking five-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 15-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-10.
Butternut is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Drummond, they now have a losing record at 8-9.
Butternut came up short against Drummond in their previous matchup back in August, falling 2-0. Can Butternut avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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