On Thursday, Pope faced River Ridge in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Pope Greyhounds won by a set and slipped past the River Ridge Knights 3-2. The win was nothing new for the Greyhounds as they're now sitting on ten straight.
Pope had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first two sets, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 17-25, 25-20, 25-15, 15-6.
Leading Pope to victory were Amanda Vlkovic and Wynnie Abney. Vlkovic had 27 digs, while Abney had 17 digs.
Pope is on a roll lately: they've won 20 of their last 21 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 30-5 record this season. As for River Ridge, their defeat ended a 12-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 27-5.
Pope will square off against Gainesville at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Pope will be looking to keep their 14-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. River Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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