Volleyball Game Preview: O'Gorman Knights vs. Pierre T.F. Riggs Governors

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Previous Games

10/25/24 - Away	3-0 W
10/20/23 - Home	3-1 W
09/29/22 - Away	3-0 W
09/30/21 - Home	3-1 W
10/10/20 - Away	3-0 W
+ 4 more games

O'Gorman is a perfect 9-0 against Pierre T.F. Riggs since October of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Knights will look to defend their home court against the Governors at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (O'Gorman has eight straight wins, Pierre T.F. Riggs has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

O'Gorman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Dakota's top teams: Lincoln, who was ranked sixth at the time (O'Gorman was ranked second). The Knights won by a set and slipped past the Patriots 3-2. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Knights have posted since September 6th.

O'Gorman had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-13.

Meanwhile, Pierre T.F. Riggs lost 3-0 to Huron on Tuesday.

Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-14, 25-11.

O'Gorman's win bumped their record up to 19-4. As for Pierre T.F. Riggs, their loss dropped their record down to 3-13.

Everything went O'Gorman's way against Pierre T.F. Riggs in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as O'Gorman made off with a 3-0 victory. Do the Knights have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Governors turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.