Volleyball Recap: Russellville Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Oct 7, 2024, 8:39am

Volleyball Recap: Russellville Golden Tigers vs. Covenant Christian Eagles

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Russellville lost against Covenant Christian back in October of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Russellville Golden Tigers fell just short of the Covenant Christian Eagles by a score of 2-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Golden Tigers in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost three in a row.

Russellville started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-20, 15-13.

Even though they lost, Russellville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last nine matches.

Russellville's loss dropped their record down to 13-21. As for Covenant Christian, the win snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-20 record.

Russellville didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 2-0 victory against Belgreen on the 1st. As for Covenant Christian, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 2-0 defeat against Lexington on the 3rd.

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