Volleyball Preview: Ripon Christian Knights vs. St. Patrick-St. Vincent Bruins
The Ripon Christian Knights will face off against the St. Patrick-St. Vincent Bruins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ripon Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against West Valley as Ripon Christian made off with a 3-0 win.
Ripon Christian not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept West Valley between 17 and 19 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-17, 25-19.
Meanwhile, St. Patrick-St. Vincent beat Yreka 3-1 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bruins.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 27-29, 25-15, 25-14, 26-24.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent relied on the efforts of Cierra Ray, who had 26 kills and 24 digs, and Danica Pagtakhan, who had 50 assists. Ray has been hot for a while, having posted five or more kills the last 32 times she's played.
St. Patrick-St. Vincent has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 19 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 27-9 record this season. As for Ripon Christian, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-16.
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