After flying high against Lowellville last Wednesday, Mineral Ridge came back down to earth. The Mineral Ridge Rams fell just short of the Waterloo Vikings by a score of 3-2 on Monday. While the Rams didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Vikings 25-13 in the first period.
Mineral Ridge started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 13-25, 25-22, 25-21, 15-10.
Even though they lost, Mineral Ridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last eight contests.
Mineral Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Waterloo, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-9 record this season.
Mineral Ridge has already played their next game, a 3-1 win against Springfield on the 1st. As for Waterloo, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 loss against McDonald on the 1st.
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