Volleyball Preview: South Range Raiders vs. Edgewood Warriors
The South Range Raiders are on the road again on Monday to play the Edgewood Warriors at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, South Range got the win against Struthers by a conclusive 3-0.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant South Range was: they took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-17, 25-14, 25-17.
South Range can attribute much of their success to Ali Irons, who had 13 digs and two aces.
Meanwhile, Edgewood made easy work of Conneaut on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Edgewood was: they took every set by at least nine points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-16, 25-13.
Edgewood relied on the efforts of Luci Paolillo, who had ten digs, and Faith Vencill, who hit 75% for 19 kills, seven digs, and a block. Vencill is on a roll when it comes to kills, as she's now had five or more in the last 34 games she's played dating back to last season.
Edgewood was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 10.6.
South Range is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-5 record this season. As for Edgewood, they pushed their record up to 7-3 with that victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
South Range was able to grind out a solid win over Edgewood in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Edgewood's Gianna Ianetta, who had 11 digs and a block. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will South Range still be able to contain Ianetta? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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