The MacArthur Mammoths are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Roosevelt Roughriders at 5:00 p.m. MacArthur will be strutting in after a win while Roosevelt will be coming in after a loss.
MacArthur is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of District of Columbia's top teams: Cardozo, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (MacArthur was ranked 18th). MacArthur walked away with a 2-0 victory over Cardozo on Saturday.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant MacArthur was: they took both sets by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-10.
MacArthur found their leader in underclassman Rhenna Brawner, who had eight aces and a kill. The dominant performance gave Brawner a new career-high in aces.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat dating back to last season. They fell just short of Banneker by a score of 2-1. While the Roughriders didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bulldogs 25-21 in the first period.
Roosevelt actually scored more points across those three sets (66-61), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 11-25, 25-21, 25-20.
MacArthur's win bumped their record up to 7-4. As for Roosevelt, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
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