Volleyball Preview: Ripon Indians vs. Union Mine Diamondbacks
The Ripon Indians will square off against the Union Mine Diamondbacks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Ripon comes in on seven and Union Mine on four.
Ripon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Woodland as Ripon made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Ripon was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-12, 25-8.
Ripon got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Alayna Sprinkle out in front who had six aces and four digs. Those six aces gave Sprinkle a new career-high.
Ripon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Union Mine hadn't done well against Calaveras recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Union Mine blew past Calaveras 3-0.
The victory didn't come easy: Calaveras scored at least 16 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-16, 25-16.
Union Mine can attribute much of their success to Justice Brown, who had 11 digs.
Ripon pushed their record up to 27-2 with the win, which was their 23rd straight at home dating back to last season. As for Union Mine, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Ripon has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 10.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Union Mine struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.1. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Ripon came out on top in a nail-biter against Union Mine in their previous meeting back in October of 2018, sneaking past 3-2. Does Ripon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Union Mine turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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