Rice Consolidated hasn't had much luck against Columbus recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Rice Consolidated Raiders will venture away from home to challenge the Columbus Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. Columbus took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Rice Consolidated, who comes in off a win.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Rice Consolidated sidestepped Terry for a 3-2 win.
Rice Consolidated was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (93-90), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 10-25, 25-14, 25-19, 15-25, 15-10.
Meanwhile, Columbus didn't have quite enough to beat Schulenburg on Tuesday and fell 3-2.
Columbus took Schulenburg into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-23, 20-25, 19-25, 15-8.
Rice Consolidated's victory bumped their record up to 12-17. As for Columbus, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 21-8 record this season.
Rice Consolidated came up short against Columbus in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 2-0. Can Rice Consolidated avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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