Volleyball Preview: Giles Spartans vs. Rural Retreat Indians
The Giles Spartans are on the road again on Saturday to play the Rural Retreat Indians at 5:00 p.m.
Giles heads in on the heels of a playoff game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Auburn by a score of 3-2. The Spartans' loss signaled the end of their 13-game winning streak.
Despite the defeat, Giles had strong showings from Peyton Evans, who had 21 digs, and Rain Smith, who had seven digs.
Meanwhile, Rural Retreat hadn't done well against Northwood recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Rural Retreat came out on top against Northwood by a score of 3-1. The win was nothing new for the Indians as they're now sitting on four straight.
Rural Retreat 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 21-25, 25-17, 25-18, 28-26.
Rural Retreat's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 20-10. As for Giles, their loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins and brought them to 21-4.
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