The Rocky River Pirates and the North Ridgeville Rangers are set to duel on Saturday. Rocky River will be strutting in after a victory while North Ridgeville will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Thursday, Rocky River sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Lakewood. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (111-104) Rocky River actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 18-25, 31-29, 15-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Rocky River's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Hannah Drost led the charge by getting five digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Rocky River was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 14 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, North Ridgeville lost 3-0 to Berea-Midpark on Thursday.
North Ridgeville was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Berea-Midpark work for it, especially in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 26-24, 25-17.
Rocky River has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for North Ridgeville, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-11 record this season.
Rocky River was able to grind out a solid victory over North Ridgeville when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. Does Rocky River have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Ridgeville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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