The Raytown South Cardinals's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Excelsior Springs Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Raytown South came up short against Smithville on Thursday, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-4, 25-9, 25-8.
Meanwhile, Excelsior Springs didn't have quite enough to beat Grandview on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Excelsior Springs took Grandview into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking eight-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-19, 16-25, 25-27, 15-7.
Even though they lost, Excelsior Springs was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last ten games.
Raytown South dropped their record down to 4-26-1 with the loss, which was their 15th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Excelsior Springs, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-18-1.
Raytown South might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Excelsior Springs in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Raytown South avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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