The Lucy Beckham Bengals will face off against the Bishop England Battling Bishops at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Lucy Beckham is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Lucy Beckham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Wando, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Lucy Beckham was ranked third). Lucy Beckham fell just short of Wando by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The Bengals' defeat signaled the end of their 11-game winning streak.
The 3-2 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Lucy Beckham lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 26-24, 15-25, 22-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Bishop England had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Cougars.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Bishop England took every set by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-6, 25-10.
Lucy Beckham's loss ended a 14-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 27-2. As for Bishop England, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 26-9 record this season.
Lucy Beckham was able to grind out a solid win over Bishop England when the teams last played back in August, winning 2-0. Does Lucy Beckham have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bishop England turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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