After both having extra time off, the Riverside-Durham Pirates and the Eno River Academy Bobcats will shake off the rust and duke it out at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Riverside-Durham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: Millbrook, who was ranked 17th at the time (Riverside-Durham was ranked 13th). The Pirates fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 3-2 last Wednesday. That makes it the first time this season the Pirates have let down their home crowd.
Riverside-Durham started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 24-26, 25-14, 25-19, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Eno River Academy came tearing into last Thursday's contest with three straight wins , and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Crusaders with a sharp 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Eno River Academy was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-9, 25-14.
Eno River Academy's victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Riverside-Durham, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
Everything went Riverside-Durham's way against Eno River Academy in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Riverside-Durham made off with a 3-0 win. Do the Pirates have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bobcats turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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