Rootstown waltzed into their match on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They won by a set and slipped past the Lake Center Christian Tiger 3-2. For the Rovers, this counts as revenge for the 3-0 defeat the Tiger walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September.
Rootstown was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 20-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-7.
Lake Center Christian's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kamden Maninga, who had 11 digs, and Cheyenne Zook, who had 11 digs, nine kills, and six aces. That's the most aces Zook has posted since back in September.
Rootstown is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-8 record this season. As for Lake Center Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-5.
Rootstown didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-2 loss against Roosevelt on the 2nd. As for Lake Center Christian, they will head out to take on Carrollton at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
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