The Sauk Rapids-Rice Storm will square off against the Rocori Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rocori took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Sauk Rapids-Rice, who comes in off a win.
Sauk Rapids-Rice will bounce into Tuesday's game after beating Willmar, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Sauk Rapids-Rice walked away with a 3-1 win over Willmar on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Storm.
The final score came out to 25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 25-20.
Marissa Bomstad had an outrageously good game as she had 18 digs.
Sauk Rapids-Rice was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Rocori and St. Michael-Albertville met for a duel on Saturday where Rocori couldn't get it done. Rocori fell 2-0 to St. Michael-Albertville.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-17.
Despite the defeat, Rocori had strong showings from Brianna Schneider, who had a block and 18 assists, and Mya Iten, who had eight digs. Schneider has been hot recently, having posted 18 or more assists the last three times she's played.
Sauk Rapids-Rice pushed their record up to 17-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Rocori, their loss dropped their record down to 12-10.
Sauk Rapids-Rice took their win against Rocori in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sauk Rapids-Rice since the team 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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