The Collierville Dragons will challenge the Riverdale Warriors at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Collierville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Bob Jones, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Collierville was ranked ninth). The Dragons fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 2-1 on Friday. The Dragons haven't had much luck with the Patriots recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Collierville started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-18, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Riverdale lost 3-0 to Blackman on Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-14, 25-7.
Collierville's defeat dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Riverdale, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
Collierville beat Riverdale 2-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2017. Will the Dragons repeat their success, or do the Warriors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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