After both having extra time off, the Eno River Academy Bobcats and the Riverside-Durham Pirates will shake off the rust and duke it out at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Eno River Academy is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Eno River Academy had to skate by with only a one-set margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the three-set drubbing they dealt Cardinal Gibbons last Thursday. The Bobcats blew past the Crusaders 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Eno River Academy was: they took every set by at least 11 points. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-9, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Riverside-Durham faced Millbrook in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Wednesday. The Pirates fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 3-2. It was the first time this season that the Pirates let down their fans at home.
Riverside-Durham started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 24-26, 25-14, 25-19, 15-12.
Riverside-Durham's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Eno River Academy, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Eno River Academy might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Riverside-Durham in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Pirates' Jacob Feller, who had 25 assists and eight digs. Now that the Bobcats know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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