Ritenour waltzed into their match on Saturday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over the Hazelwood East Spartans.
Ritenour had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-22, 25-20.
Leading Ritenour to victory were Sonya Nguyen and Wynter Crawford. Nguyen had 15 digs and two aces, while Crawford had seven kills. With that strong performance, Nguyen is now averaging an impressive 10 digs per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Kimberly Alvarado Oropeza, who had nine digs and ten assists.
Ritenour's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-13-1. As for Hazelwood East, their loss ended an 11-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 22-5-1.
Ritenour has already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory against Affton on the 12th. As for Hazelwood East, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against McCluer South-Berkeley on the 14th.
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