If Brookside was riding high fresh off their 3-0 takedown of Clearview last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Brookside Cardinals fell just short of the Columbia Raiders by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The loss continues a trend for the Cardinals in their matchups with the Raiders: they've now lost five in a row.
Brookside took Columbia into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-15, 25-27, 25-16, 15-8.
Nikki Corrigan was the offensive standout of the matchup as she had 12 digs.
The defeat snapped Brookside's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 8-9 record. As for Columbia, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
Brookside didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 victory against Lake Ridge Academy on the 28th. As for Columbia, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 2-0 loss against Holy Name on the 27th.
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