The Crystal River Pirates are on the road again on Thursday to play the Santa Fe Raiders at 6:00 p.m. Crystal River will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more sets each game than the last.
Crystal River is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Eastside 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Pirates have posted since September 19th.
One reason for the win was Crystal River's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Santa Fe came into Tuesday's matchup having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. Everything went their way against Lake Weir on Tuesday as Santa Fe made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Santa Fe was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-10, 25-5.
Karlee Noah went supernova for Santa Fe, getting 26 digs and two aces. Noah is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Reagan Matthews, who had seven digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Santa Fe was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Crystal River's victory bumped their record up to 12-13. As for Santa Fe, their win bumped their record up to 18-7.
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