Volleyball Preview: Columbia Raiders vs. Brookside Cardinals
The Columbia Raiders will face off against the Brookside Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Columbia is looking to tack on another W to their 11-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Columbia is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Wellington just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to the Dukes. The match marked the Raiders' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Columbia couldn't get the win, but they sure gave Wellington a tough time in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 21-25, 30-28, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Brookside had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They blew past the Clippers 3-0.
The final score came out to 28-18, 25-8, 25-17.
Brookside was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 22 aces. That's the most aces they've posted was before the start of last season.
Columbia's loss dropped their record down to 7-3. As for Brookside, the win got them back to even at 8-8.
Everything went Columbia's way against Brookside in their previous meeting on September 3rd, as Columbia made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Columbia since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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