Archbishop McCarthy has been on the road for two straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Riviera Prep Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m.
Archbishop McCarthy is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering St. Thomas Aquinas just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Raiders. The loss continues a trend for the Mavericks in their matchups with the Raiders: they've now lost five in a row.
Archbishop McCarthy started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Riviera Prep sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Lake Howell on Saturday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Riviera Prep had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 20-25, 26-24, 15-8.
Archbishop McCarthy's defeat dropped their record down to 16-6. As for Riviera Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
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