Volleyball Preview: Ridgewood Maroons vs. Galena Pirates
Ridgewood has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Galena Pirates at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Ridgewood beat Garfield 2-0.
While Ridgewood might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Garfield scored at least 16 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-8.
Meanwhile, Galena entered their tilt with River Ridge on Thursday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Galena was: they took both sets by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-9.
Abigale Merritt and Zoe Blaum were among the main playmakers for Galena as the former had two aces and 22 assists and the latter had seven digs. That's the most aces Merritt has posted in her last eight matchups.
Ridgewood's record is now 2-8. As for Galena, they pushed their record up to 19-1 with the win, which was their 17th straight on the road dating back to last season.
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