Volleyball Preview: Vandegrift Vipers vs. Vista Ridge Rangers
Vandegrift is 8-2 against Vista Ridge since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Vandegrift Vipers will venture away from home to square off against the Vista Ridge Rangers at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Vista Ridge is hoping to do what Hutto couldn't on Friday: put an end to Vandegrift's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Vandegrift was the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Hutto.
While Vandegrift won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-9, 25-22.
Vandegrift can attribute much of their success to Jessie Hoang, who had 11 digs.
Meanwhile, Vista Ridge had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Mustangs as they made off with a 3-0 victory.
One reason for the win was Vista Ridge's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-8, 25-7.
Vandegrift's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 28-14. As for Vista Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a massive bump to their 20-14 record this season.
Vandegrift came out on top in a nail-biter against Vista Ridge in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Vandegrift since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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