Riverside is 1-6 against Miami East since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Riverside Pirates and the Miami East Vikings are set to duel.
Riverside is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 11th straight game on Saturday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fairlawn.
Riverside started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Miami East had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
While Miami East won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 26-24, 25-14.
Among those leading the charge was Emma Rust, who had 14 digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Miami East was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 16 consecutive contests.
Riverside's loss dropped their record down to 1-15. As for Miami East, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Riverside suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Miami East in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Miami East's Kylie Gentis, who had eight digs and three aces. Now that Riverside knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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