The Rootstown Rovers will square off against the Garfield G-Men at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Rootstown will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
Rootstown is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Roosevelt just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Rough Riders by a score of 3-2. While the Rovers didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Rough Riders 25-20 in the first period.
Rootstown took Roosevelt into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking eight-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-20, 25-17, 25-27, 15-7.
Even though they lost, Rootstown was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Garfield suffered their biggest defeat since September 10th on Thursday. They came up short against Crestview, falling 3-0. The G-Men haven't had much luck with the Rebels recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
The final score came out to 25-11, 25-5, 25-16.
Rootstown's loss dropped their record down to 9-9. As for Garfield, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-6.
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