Volleyball Preview: Lebanon Blue Devils vs. Riverdale Warriors
The Lebanon Blue Devils are on the road again on Monday to play the Riverdale Warriors.
Lebanon lost 3-0 to Cookeville on Tuesday. The Blue Devils haven't had much luck with the Cavaliers recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Lebanon was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Cookeville work for it, especially in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-14, 30-28.
Meanwhile, Riverdale entered their tilt with Blackman last Saturday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They won by a set and slipped past the Blaze 3-2.
Riverdale was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 33-31, 22-25, 18-26, 25-16, 15-7.
Riverdale relied on the efforts of Katelyn Anderson, who had 19 digs and four aces, and Abby Carroll, who had nine digs and three aces. That's the most aces Anderson has posted since back in August.
Riverdale was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 17 consecutive contests.
Lebanon's loss dropped their record down to 18-15. As for Riverdale, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-12 record this season.
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