Rocky River and Lakewood met for a duel on Thursday where Rocky River came out on top. The Rocky River Pirates won by a set and slipped past the Lakewood Rangers 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
Rocky River was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (111-104), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 18-25, 31-29, 15-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Rocky River to victory, but perhaps none more so than Hannah Drost, who had five digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Rocky River was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Rocky River is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Lakewood, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 9-11 record.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Rocky River will welcome North Ridgeville at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Lakewood, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Normandy at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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