The Sterling Raiders will venture away from home to square off against the Spring Woods Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Sterling is no doubt hoping to put an end to an eight-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Sterling lost 3-0 to Madison last Friday.
While Sterling was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Madison's winning margin in every set. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-9, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Spring Woods didn't have quite enough to beat Madison on Friday and fell 3-2.
Spring Woods actually scored more points across those five sets (100-95), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-22, 17-25, 13-25, 15-13.
Despite the defeat, Spring Woods had strong showings from Idelmaris Prado, who had ten aces, three kills, and two blocks, and Jasmine Rodriguez, who had nine digs and two aces. The dominant performance gave Prado a new career-high in aces.
Even though they lost, Spring Woods was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Sterling's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Spring Woods, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which is still a better percentage than their 6-20 record this season.
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