Volleyball Preview: Fresno Christian Eagles vs. Roosevelt Rough Riders
The Fresno Christian Eagles will challenge the Roosevelt Rough Riders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Fresno Christian sitting on 12 straight wins and Roosevelt on four.
Fresno Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Hoover as Fresno Christian made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Fresno Christian was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-5, 25-15.
Fresno Christian relied on the efforts of Tatum Mcquown, who had eight digs and four aces, and Danielle Arndt, who had 14 digs. That's the most aces Mcquown has posted in her last seven matches.
Fresno Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in nine consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt earned a 3-1 win over Strathmore on Tuesday.
Roosevelt walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-16, 25-12, 24-26, 25-17.
Fresno Christian is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 34-13 record this season. As for Roosevelt, their win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-5-2.
Fresno Christian beat Roosevelt 3-1 in their previous meeting back in August of 2019. Does Fresno Christian have another victory up their sleeve, or will Roosevelt turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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