Riverside Prep lost against Excelsior Charter last Tuesday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Riverside Prep Silver Knights fell just short of the Excelsior Charter Eagles by a score of 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Silver Knights in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost eight in a row.
Riverside Prep might've come up short, but they didn't make it easy on Excelsior Charter: every set was decided by three points or less. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 23-25, 15-12.
Even though they lost, Riverside Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 8.8.
Riverside Prep's defeat dropped their record down to 4-10-1. As for Excelsior Charter, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-9-1.
Riverside Prep will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Immanuel Christian at 2:00 p.m. As for Excelsior Charter, they will square off against Taft at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The last four games Taft has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
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