Black River is 1-9 against Firelands since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Black River Pirates will head out on the road to square off against the Firelands Falcons at 6:30 p.m. Black River is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
Black River is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Wellington just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Dukes.
Black River was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-17, 25-16.
Despite the loss, Black River got top-tier performance from Remington Dieter, who had 11 digs and five aces. That's the most aces Dieter has posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Firelands' good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They came up short against Berea-Midpark, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-15, 25-15.
Black River's defeat dropped their record down to 12-8. As for Firelands, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-3.
Black River might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Firelands in their previous meeting back in September. Can Black River avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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