Sterling and Rock Island are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2021, but not for long. The Sterling Golden Warriors will head out to challenge the Rock Island Rocks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Sterling didn't have quite enough to beat Quincy and fell 2-1. The Golden Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 26-28, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Rock Island came up short against Moline on Tuesday and fell 2-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Rocks in their matchups with the Maroons: they've now lost three in a row.
The final score came out to 25-13, 25-20.
Sterling's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 17-8-4. As for Rock Island, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-12.
Sterling came out on top in a nail-biter against Rock Island in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sterling since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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