The Carmel Corsairs will square off against the Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Carmel came up short against Marist and fell 2-0. The Corsairs haven't had much luck with the RedHawks recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Carmel was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Riverside-Brookfield had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 2-0.
Riverside-Brookfield's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Leyden between 19 and 21 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-21.
Carmel's loss dropped their record down to 15-14. As for Riverside-Brookfield, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season.
Carmel came out on top in a nail-biter against Riverside-Brookfield when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carmel since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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