Volleyball Recap: Brighton Makes It Five in a Row on the Road

By Team Reports Oct 26, 2024, 3:06am

Volleyball Recap: Brighton Bulldogs vs. Riverdale Ridge Ravens

After losing to Riverdale Ridge the last time they met, Brighton decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Brighton Bulldogs came out on top in a nail-biter against the Riverdale Ridge Ravens on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.

Brighton had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-20, 15-13.

Jaedyn Symons paced Brighton's offense, picking up 17 kills. Symons got some help from Brooke Logue and her 18 assists. Symons was also solid from the service line: she led the team with five aces.

Despite the loss, Riverdale Ridge still got an impressive performance from Araceli Rueda, who had 33 digs, two aces, and a kill. That's the most aces Rueda has posted in her last seven matchups.

Brighton pushed their record up to 10-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Riverdale Ridge, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-7 record.

Brighton didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against Northglenn on the 24th. As for Riverdale Ridge, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-1 loss against Westminster on the 24th.

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