Moline waltzed into their game on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Rock Island Rocks. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Maroons also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2023.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Moline took both sets by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-15.
Leading Moline to victory were Mya Johnson and Zoe Perez. Johnson had four digs and two aces, while Perez had four digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Perez a new career-high in aces.
Despite the loss, Rock Island had strong showings from Maddie Carroll, who had nine digs, and Yaretzi Jimenez, who had five digs and two aces.
Moline's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Rock Island, their defeat was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-8.
Moline will head out to face off against Alleman at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Rock Island, they are taking a road trip to square off against Sterling at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but likely not for long.
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