The Roosevelt Rough Riders will venture away from home to challenge the Legacy Tigers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Roosevelt has three straight wins, Legacy has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
On Monday, Roosevelt narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Huntington Park 3-2.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Roosevelt got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 22-25, 25-22, 24-26, 15-6.
Roosevelt found their leader in underclassman Denise Patino, who had 18 digs and three aces. Those 18 digs set a new season-high mark for Patino.
Roosevelt was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Legacy lost 3-0 to South East on Monday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-20, 25-11.
Roosevelt's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-3. As for Legacy, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-12.
Roosevelt was able to grind out a solid victory over Legacy when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Roosevelt 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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