After flying high against Hitchcock on Friday, Stafford came back down to earth. The Spartans fell just short of the Carnegie Vanguard Rhinos by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their meetings with the Rhinos: they've now lost six in a row.
Stafford took Carnegie Vanguard into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-12, 25-19, 20-25, 15-13.
Having lost for the first time this season, Stafford fell to 2-1. As for Carnegie Vanguard, they pushed their record up to 1-2 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
Coming up, Stafford will challenge Cypress Lakes at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. As for Carnegie Vanguard, they will square off against Porter on Thursday.
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