With a playoff game on the line, Roosevelt rose to the challenge on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged the Marquez Gladiators out 3-2. For the Rough Riders, this counts as revenge for the 3-1 victory the Gladiators walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2019.
Roosevelt was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (106-101), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 21-25, 15-25, 25-23, 15-12.
Roosevelt was led to victory by Denise Patino and Julie Munoz. Patino had 22 digs, while Munoz had nine aces. The dominant performance gave Munoz a new career-high in aces.
Roosevelt was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive games.
Roosevelt's record is now 11-7. As for Marquez, they moved to 22-16 with that defeat, which also ended their six-game winning streak.
Roosevelt will venture away from home to challenge Vaughn at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Vaughn is coming into the match with four straight wins at home, so Roosevelt will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. Marquez does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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