The Ripon Tigers beat the Nekoosa Papermakers 3-1 on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
Ripon had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-23, 25-12, 25-15.
Emma Resop paced Ripon's offense, picking up 15 kills. Resop got some help from Adele Minor and her 30 assists.
McKenzie Woodard and Kalli Cassel certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Woodard had 16 digs and three assists, while Cassel had nine kills and eight digs.
Ripon now has a winning record of 16-15. As for Nekoosa, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-14 record this season.
Ripon has already played their next match (against South Milwaukee), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Nekoosa, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-0 defeat against Ellsworth on the 4th.
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