If Riverside Prep was feeling good fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Academy of Careers & Exploration last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Riverside Prep Silver Knights fell 3-1 to the Big Bear Bears on Thursday. The result was an unpleasant reminder to the Silver Knights of the 3-0 defeat they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture back in October of 2023.
The final score came out to 25-20, 25-20, 14-25, 25-17.
Even though they lost, Riverside Prep kept the net locked down and finished the game with 13 blocks. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 blocks per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 6.8.
Riverside Prep's loss dropped their record down to 6-12-1. As for Big Bear, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.
Riverside Prep has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Cobalt Institute of Math & Science Academy at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Big Bear, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against University Prep at 5:30 p.m. Big Bear is facing University Prep at the right time seeing as University Prep is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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