Emerald was handed a three-set defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Freedom Falcons, sneaking past 3-2. That's the second time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 3-2 back in March.
Emerald was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (100-97), but they still managed to win. The final score came out to 25-21, 22-25, 10-25, 25-20, 15-9.

Aerouants
| 04/23/26 @ Freedom | 3-2 |
| 04/16/26 @ Antioch | 3-0 |
| 04/09/26 @ Pittsburg | 3-1 |
Emerald pushed their record up to 14-11 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Freedom, their loss dropped their record down to 6-17.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Emerald will face off against rival Heritage at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Freedom is set to take on their familiar foe Deer Valley at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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