Ridgeland is 8-2 against Ringgold since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Ridgeland Panthers are on the road again to play the Ringgold Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with 14 losses in a row dating back to last season, Ridgeland finally turned things around against Dalton Academy on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Pumas.
The 2-0 doesn't show just how dominant Ridgeland was: they took both sets by at least eight points. After all that action, the final score was 25-7, 25-17.
Ridgeland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 2.8 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 5.4.
Meanwhile, Ringgold waltzed into their contest on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Bruins by a score of 2-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 28-26, 25-19.
Ringgold can attribute much of their success to Kinsley Killingsworth, who had ten digs, and Loren Maloney, who hit 55% for 11 kills and three aces. The last time Maloney's hitting percentage was this high was two weeks ago.
Ridgeland's victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-12. As for Ringgold, they pushed their record up to 14-9 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Ridgeland came up short against Ringgold in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Ridgeland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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