Volleyball Recap: Round Rock Dragons vs. Cedar Ridge Raiders
Round Rock entered their tilt with Cedar Ridge on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Cedar Ridge Raiders. That's more bragging rights for the Dragons, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Round Rock was especially dominant in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-20, 23-25, 25-10.
Leading Round Rock to victory were Coral Verrico and Alexa Ankerstar. Verrico had nine digs and 22 assists, while Ankerstar had nine digs, nine aces, five kills, and a block. The dominant performance gave Ankerstar a new career-high in aces.
Round Rock 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 seven consecutive matches.
Kennedy Grubbs and Skyler Scott certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Grubbs had ten digs, while Scott had seven digs and three aces. Scott is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Round Rock has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-13 record this season. As for Cedar Ridge, they dropped their record down to 20-15 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Round Rock will challenge Stony Point at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Cedar Ridge, they will venture away from home to challenge Georgetown at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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