After losing to Riverdale Ridge the last time they met, Brighton decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Brighton Bulldogs came out on top in a nail-biter against the Riverdale Ridge Ravens on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Brighton had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-20, 15-13.
Jaedyn Symons paced Brighton's offense, picking up 17 kills. Symons got some help from
Brooke Logue and her 18 assists. Symons was also solid from the service line: she led the team with five aces.
Despite the loss, Riverdale Ridge still got an impressive performance from Araceli Rueda, who had 33 digs, two aces, and a kill. That's the most aces Rueda has posted in her last seven matchups.
Brighton pushed their record up to 10-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Riverdale Ridge, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-7 record.
Brighton didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-0 win against Northglenn on the 24th. As for Riverdale Ridge, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-1 loss against Westminster on the 24th.
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