Oberlin lost against Black River back in September, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Oberlin The Phoenix lost 3-0 to the Black River Pirates. The The Phoenix have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-18, 25-16.
Despite the loss, Oberlin still got an impressive performance from Natalie Tackett, who had 23 digs, four kills, and four aces. Tackett has been hot recently, having posted 11 or more digs the last four times she's played.
Remington Dieter was a one-man wrecking crew for Black River as she had 21 digs.
Oberlin's defeat dropped their record down to 6-15. As for Black River, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-9-1.
After both having extra time off, Oberlin and East Canton will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. East Canton is coming into the contest with six straight losses on the road, meaning Oberlin will have to defend against a team hungry for a win. As for Black River, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-1 defeat against Mapleton on the 16th.
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