The River Islands Riptide are taking a road trip to challenge the Venture Academy Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
River Islands is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Ben Holt College Prep Academy just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to the Bobcats. While the Riptide didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bobcats 25-21 in the first set.
River Islands started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-23, 25-15, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Venture Academy got the win against Millennium on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
Venture Academy was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-17, 25-17.
Venture Academy was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
River Islands' loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-14. As for Venture Academy, the victory got them back to even at 8-8.
River Islands came out on top in a nail-biter against Venture Academy when the teams last played on October 3rd, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for River Islands 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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