South Granville and Riverside-Durham met for a duel on Monday where South Granville came out on top. The South Granville Vikings had just enough and edged the Riverside-Durham Pirates out 3-2. The Vikings have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Pirates, too.
South Granville was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-99), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 21-25, 12-25, 25-20, 15-12.
South Granville was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in 18 consecutive matches.
Despite the loss, Riverside-Durham saw an underclassman step up: Nureen Khan had 23 digs and five aces. The dominant performance gave Khan a new career-high in aces.
South Granville's victory bumped their record up to 14-4. As for Riverside-Durham, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-10.
South Granville wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against J.F. Webb on the 1st. Riverside-Durham has also already played their next contest, a 3-0 victory against Hillside on the 1st.
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