Volleyball Game Preview: Steele Comets vs. North Ridgeville Rangers

By Team Reports Oct 9, 2024, 12:31am

Volleyball Preview: Steele Comets vs. North Ridgeville Rangers

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Steele is 10-0 against North Ridgeville since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Steele Comets are taking a road trip to face off against the North Ridgeville Rangers at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Steele came up short against Avon on Tuesday, falling 3-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Comets in their matchups with the Eagles: they've now lost five in a row.

The final score came out to 25-19, 25-12, 25-16.

Meanwhile, North Ridgeville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell 2-0 to Chardon.

North Ridgeville was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-23.

Steele's defeat dropped their record down to 9-11. As for North Ridgeville, their loss dropped their record down to 6-14.

Steele skirted past North Ridgeville 3-2 when the teams last played back in September. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was North Ridgeville's Naomi Bottomlee, who had 15 digs and seven aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Steele still be able to contain Bottomlee? There's only one way to find out.

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