Volleyball Recap: Rock Island Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Yaretzi Jimenez and Maddie Carroll

By Team Reports Sep 17, 2024, 3:31pm

Volleyball Recap: Rock Island Rocks vs. Moline Maroons

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Rock Island lost against Moline back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Rock Island Rocks took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Moline Maroons.

The final score came out to 25-13, 25-15.

Maddie Carroll and Yaretzi Jimenez certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Carroll had nine digs, while Jimenez had five digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Jimenez a new career-high in aces.

Moline was led to victory by Mya Johnson and Zoe Perez. Johnson had four digs and two aces, while Perez had four digs and three aces. Johnson is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted nine or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.

Rock Island dropped their record down to 2-8 with that loss, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Moline, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-2.

Rock Island will face off against Sterling at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but likely not for long. As for Moline, they will challenge Alleman at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

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