Volleyball Preview: South Bend Riley Wildcats vs. South Bend Washington Panthers
South Bend Riley is 8-2 against South Bend Washington since August of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The South Bend Riley Wildcats will square off against the South Bend Washington Panthers at 6:00 p.m. South Bend Riley will be strutting in after a victory while South Bend Washington will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with ten losses in a row, South Bend Riley finally turned things around against Bowman Academy on Monday. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-15, 25-18.
South Bend Riley's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Ma'Nijah Harris, who had six aces and three digs, and Kaelynn Howell, who had 13 aces. The dominant performance gave Harris a new career-high in aces.
South Bend Riley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 30 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, South Bend Washington was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell 2-0 to Boone Grove.
South Bend Washington was the model of consistency in the loss, scoring 21 points in every single set they played. After all that action, the final score was 25-21, 25-21.
South Bend Riley's victory ended an 11-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-13. As for South Bend Washington, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7.
South Bend Riley was able to grind out a solid win over South Bend Washington in their previous matchup back in August, winning 2-0. Will South Bend Riley repeat their success, or does South Bend Washington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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