The Riverside Pirates will square off against the Covington Buccs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Riverside has struggled recently with 14 defeats in a row, while Covington will arrive with four straight wins.
Riverside and Benjamin Logan met for a duel on Saturday where Riverside had to take the L. Riverside came up short against Benjamin Logan, falling 3-0.
While Riverside was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the second set. The final score came out to 25-18, 29-27, 25-11.
Meanwhile, everything went Covington's way against Bradford on Monday as Covington made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Covington was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-13, 25-6.
Covington found their leader in underclassman Ramse Vanderhorst, who had six digs and three aces. Vanderhorst is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Covington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least 11 aces in three consecutive matchups.
Riverside's loss dropped their record down to 1-18. As for Covington, their win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-4.
Riverside suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Covington in their previous matchup back in September. Can Riverside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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