Pleasant Plains was the 2-1 winner over Rochester when they last played one another back in August of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Pleasant Plains Cardinals fell 2-0 to the Rochester Rockets on Thursday. The Cardinals have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Pleasant Plains was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-19.
Rochester was led to victory by Sam Kerley and Alyx Barkus. Kerley had ten digs and five aces, while Barkus had 12 digs. Those five aces gave Kerley a new career-high.
Pleasant Plains' defeat dropped their record down to 20-15. As for Rochester, the win got them back to even at 15-15.
Pleasant Plains will host Tri-City at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Rochester, they will square off against Mattoon at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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