Volleyball Recap: Dynamic Duo of Piper Marquart and Madison Flores Lead Ridge Point to Victory

By Team Reports Sep 24, 2024, 6:33pm

Volleyball Recap: Ridge Point Panthers vs. Fort Bend Dulles Vikings

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Ridge Point entered their tilt with Fort Bend Dulles on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Fort Bend Dulles Vikings. That's more bragging rights for the Panthers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Ridge Point was: they took every set by at least 19 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-6, 25-5.

Ridge Point was led to victory by Madison Flores and Piper Marquart. Flores had 13 digs, while Marquart had seven digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave Marquart a new career-high in aces.

Ridge Point was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive contests.

Ridge Point has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-10 record this season. As for Fort Bend Dulles, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost eight of their last nine matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-17 record this season.

Ridge Point will take on Fort Bend Clements at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ridge Point will be looking to keep their 14-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. As for Fort Bend Dulles, they will square off against Fort Bend Elkins at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fort Bend Dulles is facing Fort Bend Elkins at the right time seeing as Fort Bend Elkins is stuck on a three-game losing streak.

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