South Range waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the McKinley Red Dragons as they made off with a 3-0 win. That's more bragging rights for the Raiders, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: South Range took every set by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-11, 25-11, 25-17.
South Range was led to victory by Ali Irons and Parker Zwingler. Irons had 12 digs and three aces, while Zwingler had five digs.
She wasn't the only good server: South Range was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Despite the defeat, McKinley had strong showings from Natalie Derr, who had 13 digs, and Annie D'Urso, who had 16 digs. D'Urso is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last 12 games she's played dating back to last season.
South Range has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season. As for McKinley, they dropped their record down to 3-8 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
South Range will face off against Edgewood at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. As for McKinley, they will take on Poland Seminary at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. McKinley is facing Poland Seminary at the right time seeing as Poland Seminary is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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