Volleyball Preview: St. Francis Spartans vs. Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs
St. Francis is 6-0 against Riverside-Brookfield since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The St. Francis Spartans are on the road again to play the Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Saturday, St. Francis beat Edwardsville 2-0.
St. Francis never let Edwardsville on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-10.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Riverside-Brookfield sidestepped Lyons for a 2-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Riverside-Brookfield got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 18-25, 16-14.
St. Francis is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-11 record this season. As for Riverside-Brookfield, their victory bumped their record up to 23-9.
St. Francis came out on top in a nail-biter against Riverside-Brookfield when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Will St. Francis repeat their success, or does Riverside-Brookfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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