Volleyball Preview: Severance Silver Knights vs. Roosevelt Roughriders
Severance hasn't had much luck against Roosevelt recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 6:30 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Tuesday.
Roosevelt is hoping to do what Greeley Central couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Severance's winning streak, which now stands at five games. Severance put the hurt on Greeley Central with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Severance was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-22, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt got the win against Greeley Central on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Roughriders.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Roosevelt was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-13, 25-13.
Roosevelt 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 five aces in 11 consecutive contests.
Severance's win bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Roosevelt, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Everything went Severance's way against Roosevelt when the teams last played back in September, as Severance made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Severance repeat their success, or does Roosevelt have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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