The Spring Valley Vikings are taking a road trip to challenge the Ridge View Blazers at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Spring Valley will be strutting in after a win while Ridge View will be coming in after a defeat.
Spring Valley and West Florence met for a duel on Thursday where Spring Valley prevailed. Spring Valley walked away with a 3-1 victory over West Florence.
Spring Valley was especially dominant in the fourth set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 20-25, 25-22, 25-13.
Spring Valley's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Tamia Wilson led the charge by getting 24 digs and two aces. Wilson is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last seven games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kennedy Newton, who had eight digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Spring Valley was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Ridge View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Blythewood.
Ridge View was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-23, 25-17.
Spring Valley's win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-16. As for Ridge View, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15.
Everything went Spring Valley's way against Ridge View in their previous matchup back in September, as Spring Valley made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Spring Valley since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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