Scales Mound and River Ridge are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The Scales Mound Hornets are on the road again on Thursday to play the River Ridge Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Scales Mound beat West Carroll 2-0.
Scales Mound easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-5, 25-19.
Scales Mound was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Thursday River Ridge sidestepped West Carroll for a 2-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was River Ridge who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 27-29, 25-10.
Scales Mound's record now sits at 10-15. As for River Ridge, their victory ended an eight-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 8-17-1.
Scales Mound was able to grind out a solid win over River Ridge in their previous meeting back in September, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Scales Mound since the team 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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