Miami East is 6-1 against Riverside since September of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Miami East Vikings and the Riverside Pirates are set to duel. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Miami East has three straight wins, Riverside has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, everything went Miami East's way against Troy Christian as Miami East made off with a 3-0 victory.
While Miami East won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 26-24, 25-14.
Among those leading the charge was Emma Rust, who had 14 digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Miami East 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 16 consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Riverside came up short against Fairlawn on Saturday and fell 3-1.
Riverside started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-15.
Miami East has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Riverside, their loss dropped their record down to 1-15.
Miami East took their win against Riverside when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Miami East 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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