Volleyball Preview: Cedar Ridge Raiders vs. Round Rock Dragons
Cedar Ridge hasn't had much luck against Round Rock recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Cedar Ridge Raiders are taking a road trip to face off against the Round Rock Dragons at 6:30 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Cedar Ridge got the win against McNeil by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Raiders.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Cedar Ridge was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-14, 25-15.
Skylar Wilwerding and Skyler Scott were among the main playmakers for Cedar Ridge as the former had eight digs and 14 assists and the latter had four digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Cedar Ridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last seven matchups.
Meanwhile, everything went Round Rock's way against McNeil on Friday as Round Rock made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Round Rock was: they took every set by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-7, 25-15, 25-12.
Round Rock's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Nila Beauchamp, who had six digs and two aces, and Coral Verrico, who had two aces and 17 assists. Verrico is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 17 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Cedar Ridge's record now sits at 20-14. As for Round Rock, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-13 record this season.
Cedar Ridge came up short against Round Rock in their previous meeting back in August, falling 2-0. Can Cedar Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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