Volleyball Recap: Ridgeview Find Success

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Previous Games

09/30/25 - Home	2-1 W
10/01/24 - Away	0-2 L
10/19/23 - Neutral	0-2 L
08/30/23 - Home	0-2 L
08/31/22 - Away	0-2 L
+ 5 more games

Ridgeview hadn't done well against Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Mustangs won by a set and slipped past the Falcons 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Mustangs have posted against the Falcons since October 22, 2019.

The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Ridgeview who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 18-25, 27-25.

Ridgeview's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-7 and their overall record up to 7-13. As for Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-11.

Ridgeview and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. The Mustangs will face off against Flanagan-Cornell at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday with a big rank disadvantage (479 vs. 239). Meanwhile, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley (ranked 414th) will meet Lexington (ranked 134th) at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.