Volleyball Game Preview: Sutherland Knights vs. Fairport Red Raiders

By Team Reports Oct 4, 2024, 6:26am

Volleyball Preview: Sutherland Knights vs. Fairport Red Raiders

The Sutherland Knights are on the road again on Monday to play the Fairport Red Raiders at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Last Tuesday, Sutherland made easy work of Brockport and carried off a 3-0 win.

The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-19, 25-21.

Sutherland can attribute much of their success to Chloe Cunniffe, who had five digs and five aces. Cunniffe is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in the last three games she's played.

Meanwhile, Fairport waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They blew past the Warriors 3-0.

Fairport's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Webster Schroeder between 17 and 19 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-19, 25-17.

Mimi Bones and Sidney Reed were among the main playmakers for Fairport as the former had nine digs and the latter had seven digs.

Sutherland pushed their record up to 14-3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Fairport, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2 record this season.

Sutherland came up short against Fairport when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Sutherland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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