The Riverside-Durham Pirates will face off against the Falls Lake Firebirds at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Riverside-Durham will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Riverside-Durham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Jordan, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Riverside-Durham was ranked 12th). The Pirates came out on top against the Falcons by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-23, 23-25, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Falls Lake didn't have quite enough to beat Triangle Math & Science on Friday and fell 3-2. The Firebirds have struggled against the Tigers recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost meeting.
Falls Lake took a 2-1 lead headed into the fourth set, but sadly they lost the next two. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 21-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-13.
Falls Lake's defeat dropped their record down to 5-7. As for Riverside-Durham, they pushed their record up to 16-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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