Volleyball Preview: Moline Maroons vs. Rock Island Rocks
Moline is 9-1 against Rock Island since March of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Moline Maroons will take on the Rock Island Rocks at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Moline beat Sterling 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Maroons.
Moline easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-9.
Moline found their leader in underclassman Zoe Perez, who had 14 digs.
Meanwhile, Rock Island had just enough and edged Galesburg out 2-1 on Thursday.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (66-65) Rock Island actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 15-25, 25-18, 25-23.
The victory got Moline back to even at 10-10. As for Rock Island, their win bumped their record up to 4-11.
Moline beat Rock Island 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Moline 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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