On Saturday, the Waterloo Pirates narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Riverdale Chieftains 2-1.
Waterloo had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-17, 15-10.
Waterloo was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Riverdale only served eight.
Despite the loss, Riverdale still got an impressive performance from Aubrey Williamson, who had ten digs.
Waterloo is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-14 record this season. As for Riverdale, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-10.
Waterloo will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against Howards Grove at 8:00 a.m. As for Riverdale, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-1 win vs. New Lisbon on the 21st.
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