Riverside is on a four-game streak of home wins, while James F. Byrnes is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Riverside Warriors and the James F. Byrnes Rebels are set to duel on Thursday. Riverside will be strutting in after a victory while James F. Byrnes will be coming in after a loss.
Last Thursday, Riverside was able to grind out a solid win over Spartanburg, taking the game 3-1.
Riverside walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the third set). The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 21-25, 25-14, 27-25.
Riverside was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. They are a perfect 5-0 when they serve at least ten aces.
Meanwhile, after a string of nine wins, James F. Byrnes' good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Dorman. The shutout was out of character for the Rebels seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in September.
While James F. Byrnes had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 18 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-19, 25-18.
Riverside has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-5-2 record this season. As for James F. Byrnes, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-8-1.
Riverside came out on top in a nail-biter against James F. Byrnes when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 3-2. Does Riverside have another victory up their sleeve, or will James F. Byrnes turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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