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The Linden Lions will challenge the Riverbank Bruins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Riverbank took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Linden, who comes in off a win.
Linden proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by three) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Calaveras. The Lions haven't had any issues with the Red Hawks recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive victory against them.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (106-103) Linden actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-23, 17-25, 18-25, 18-16.
Meanwhile, Riverbank was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Summerville.
Linden's win bumped their record up to 11-7. As for Riverbank, their loss dropped their record down to 5-11.
Everything went Linden's way against Riverbank when the teams last played back in September, as Linden made off with a 3-0 victory. Will the Lions repeat their success, or do the Bruins have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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