Volleyball Preview: Mineral Ridge Rams vs. McKinley Trojans
Mineral Ridge has gone 10-0 against McKinley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Mineral Ridge Rams will head out to square off against the McKinley Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Tuesday, Mineral Ridge didn't have quite enough to beat McDonald and fell 3-2. The Rams have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mineral Ridge took McDonald into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-27, 15-8.
Meanwhile, McKinley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 3-0 to Jackson-Milton.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-3, 25-11, 25-10.
Mineral Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 6-6. As for McKinley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11.
Everything went Mineral Ridge's way against McKinley in their previous matchup back in August as Mineral Ridge made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mineral Ridge since the squad 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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