The Ottawa Pirates are taking a road trip to face off against the Rochelle Hubs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Ottawa came up short against Sycamore and fell 2-0.
Ottawa was the model of consistency in the loss, scoring 20 points in every single set they played. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Rochelle was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of LaSalle-Peru.
Rochelle was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-23.
Rochelle's loss dropped their record down to 14-19. As for Ottawa, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-21-2.
Ottawa came out on top in a nail-biter against Rochelle in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Pirates since the squad 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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