The South River Seahawks are taking a road trip to challenge Marriotts Ridge at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Thursday, South River made easy work of Huntingtown and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Seahawks.
Meanwhile, Marriotts Ridge waltzed into their game on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Gophers with a sharp 3-0 victory.
While Marriotts Ridge might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Glen Burnie scored at least 16 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-16, 25-4.
Marriotts Ridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive matches.
South River's win bumped their record up to 6-9. As for Marriotts Ridge, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-8 record this season.
South River skirted past Marriotts Ridge 3-2 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Marriotts Ridge's Grace Lei, who had 40 digs and two aces. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will South River still be able to contain Lei? There's only one way to find out.
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