Volleyball Preview: Rock Island Rocks vs. Sterling Golden Warriors
Rock Island and Sterling are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but not for long. The Rock Island Rocks will venture away from home to face off against the Sterling Golden Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rock Island is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Tuesday, Rock Island narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Galesburg 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Rock Island got the one that really mattered. After all that action, the final score was 25-22, 27-29, 26-24.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Sterling's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell just short of Quincy by a score of 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Sterling sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 26-24, 20-25, 25-19.
Rock Island's victory bumped their record up to 2-7. As for Sterling, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2-2.
Rock Island came up short against Sterling in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Rock Island avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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