Blue Ridge is 9-1 against Leonard since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Blue Ridge Tigers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Leonard Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Blue Ridge will be strutting in after a victory while Leonard will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, it was close, but Blue Ridge sidestepped S & S Consolidated for a 3-2 win.
Blue Ridge wouldn't go down easily and took S & S Consolidated into a fifth set where they got it done with a nine-point win. The final score came out to 25-27, 25-23, 25-16, 21-25, 15-6.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Leonard duked it out withPottsboro on Tuesday. Leonard took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pottsboro. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Leonard started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 21-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-18.
Leonard's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Cheyanne Clark, who had 25 digs and two aces, and Ava Flowers, who had 11 digs, three kills, and 25 assists.
Blue Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-14 record this season. As for Leonard, they now have a losing record at 17-18.
Blue Ridge was able to grind out a solid victory over Leonard when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. Will Blue Ridge repeat their success, or does Leonard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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