Rhinelander hasn't had much luck against Northland Pines recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Rhinelander Hodags' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Northland Pines Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Last Saturday, Rhinelander didn't have quite enough to beat Prentice and fell 2-1.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Rhinelander sadly wound up on the wrong side. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 19-25, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Northland Pines was not able to break out of their rough patch last Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of Tomahawk by a score of 3-2.
Northland Pines wouldn't go down easily and took Tomahawk into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking nine-point loss. The final score came out to 25-18, 19-25, 22-25, 25-14, 15-6.
Northland Pines' loss came about despite a quality game from Aleena Ryan, who had 15 digs. With that strong performance, Ryan is now averaging an impressive 11 digs per game.
Rhinelander's defeat dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Northland Pines, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12.
Rhinelander was able to grind out a solid win over Northland Pines in their previous meeting last Saturday, winning 3-1. Will Rhinelander repeat their success, or does Northland Pines have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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