The Riverside Bulldogs volleyball team advanced to the Class 1A Region 2 Semifinals with a 3-0 sweep of the CAM Cougars on Monday night in Oakland. The Bulldogs were able to use some nice point runs throughout each set to grab the win 25-22, 25-15, 25-14.

The Bulldogs got down early in the first set at 8-4 and then used runs of 3, 4, and 5 points to grab control. The Bulldogs then fought off back to back 5 point runs from the Cougars to take the opener. Riverside had three runs of 5 points in the second to control that set. The third saw some stellar service play from Jadyn Achenbach with 6 aces to seize the victory.

Achenbach finished the night with 8 aces, 10 kills, and 5 digs. Izzy Bluml was also great at the net with 8 kills to go along with 7 digs and 2 service aces. The Bulldogs improve to 25-12 and will now play Coon Rapids-Bayard on Thursday in the Regional Semifinals at 7:00pm, site to be determined.

CAM had some early fire in the match but just couldn’t string together enough points at key times throughout the match. The Cougars finish the year at 10-22.

Listen to the postgame interview with Riverside Head Coach Michaela Schwartzkopf  below.

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