If Rye Neck was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Pleasantville back in September, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Rye Neck Panthers fell 3-1 to the Dobbs Ferry Eagles on Wednesday. The loss continues a trend for the Panthers in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost four in a row.
Rye Neck started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 24-26, 25-17, 25-11, 25-17.
Dobbs Ferry's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Natasha Mansfield, who had 14 kills, 11 digs, and two aces. Mansfield is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had seven or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Taylor Denike, who had 12 digs, 11 kills, two aces, and a block.
Having lost for the first time this season, Rye Neck fell to 3-1-1. As for Dobbs Ferry, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 10-3.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers dukes it out withWestlake at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Dobbs Ferry, they will play host again on Friday to welcome Irvington, where the match is scheduled at 4:30 p.m.
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