The Mineral Ridge Rams will take on the Western Reserve Blue Devils at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Mineral Ridge is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Memorial just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the Red Devils by a score of 3-2. While the Rams didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Red Devils 25-16 in the first set.
Mineral Ridge actually scored more points across those five sets (102-100), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 18-25, 25-16, 25-22, 16-14.
Meanwhile, Western Reserve made easy work of McKinley on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Devils.
The final score came out to 25-18, 25-8, 25-9.
Mineral Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Western Reserve, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Everything went Mineral Ridge's way against Western Reserve when the teams last played back in October of 2024, as Mineral Ridge made off with a 3-0 victory. Do the Rams have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Blue Devils turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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