Volleyball Game Preview: North Thurston Rams vs. Kent-Meridian Royals

By Team Reports Nov 15, 2024, 4:15am

Volleyball Preview: North Thurston Rams vs. Kent-Meridian Royals

The North Thurston Rams have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Kent-Meridian Royals at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. North Thurston will be strutting in after a win while Kent-Meridian will be coming in after a loss.

Last Saturday, North Thurston sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Central Kitsap.

North Thurston took Central Kitsap into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-14, 19-25, 25-27, 15-9.

North Thurston was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in three consecutive matches.

Meanwhile, Kent-Meridian didn't have quite enough to beat Beamer two weeks ago and fell 3-2. The Royals haven't had much luck with the Titans recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Kent-Meridian's defeat dropped their record down to 6-12. As for North Thurston, their win was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-1.

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