After two games on the road, Mountain Ridge is heading back home. They will welcome the Southern Rams at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mountain Ridge is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Northern just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They came up short against the Huskies, falling 3-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-17, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Southern came up short against Fort Hill on Thursday and fell 3-1. The loss continues a trend for the Rams in their matchups with the Sentinels: they've now lost seven in a row.
While Southern ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 18 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-18, 18-25, 25-18.
Southern's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Alexis Spotts, who had nine digs, and Avary Witt, who had 15 digs, two kills, and 16 assists. Witt is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 16 or more in the last six games she's played.
Even though they lost, Southern kept the net locked down and finished the game with ten blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted was before the start of last season.
Mountain Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Southern, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Everything went Mountain Ridge's way against Southern in their previous meeting back in October of 2018, as Mountain Ridge made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Mountain Ridge repeat their success, or does Southern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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