Volleyball Preview: Ransom Everglades Raiders vs. Gulliver Prep Raiders
The Ransom Everglades Raiders will take on the Gulliver Prep Raiders at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ransom Everglades is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over Saint Andrew's.
The final score came out to 25-19, 21-25, 25-22, 25-19.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ransom Everglades to victory, but perhaps none more so than Addison Pollock, who had 42 digs. Pollock is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 22 or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. Julia Lewkowitz was another key player, getting 21 kills and 17 digs.
Meanwhile, Gulliver Prep waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Chiefs as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
Gulliver Prep never let Cardinal Gibbons on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-21, 25-21.
Gulliver Prep relied on the efforts of Mia Lavalle, who had 20 digs and three aces, and Ana Garcia, who had five digs and three aces. That's the most aces Garcia has posted since back in September.
Gulliver Prep was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in eight consecutive games.
Ransom Everglades pushed their record up to 17-9 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Gulliver Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season.
Ransom Everglades came up short against Gulliver Prep when the teams last played on Thursday, falling 3-1. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lavalle, who had 28 digs and two aces. Now that Ransom Everglades knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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