Volleyball Preview: Cedar Ridge Fighting Red Wolves vs. Southern Alamance Patriots
Cedar Ridge has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will head out to face off against the Southern Alamance Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Cedar Ridge narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Person 3-2.
Cedar Ridge was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (100-99), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 11-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-11.
Cedar Ridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in five consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Southern Alamance made easy work of Williams on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-19, 25-21.
Cedar Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Southern Alamance, their record now sits at 7-8.
Cedar Ridge was able to grind out a solid victory over Southern Alamance when the teams last played back in August, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cedar Ridge since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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