Ripon at Ripon Christian Girls Volleyball 10.5.22

IT’S THE BATTLE FOR RIPON! RIPON AND RIPON CHRISTIAN GOING AT IT ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, PLAYING FOR TOWN BRAGGING RIGHTS! KICKING THINGS OFF IN THE FIRST SET… 9 LEAN VAN WYNGARDEN RECEIVED THE SERVE THEN 2 EVA BENEDICT SETS UP 10 AVERY MCMURRAY WHO RIPS IT HOME FOR RIPON CHRISTIAN. THE BUT THE INDIANS PLAYING SOLID DEFENSE AT THE NET AS 4 AVERY MCKIERNAN AND 6 KATHERINE ESKES TEAM UP FOR THE BLOCK. RIPON UP 9-7 IN THE FIRST. BUT LATER IN THE SET, ITS THE KNIGHTS WITH THE 2-POINT ADVANTAGE AS IT GOES 13 ELLIE DYT TO 16 MEGAN WESTSTEYN TO 7 JORDAN VANDER VEEN. EACH TEAM IS RALLYING… ADRIANA DORN COMES UP WITH A BLOCK THERE BUT RIPON CHRISTIAN KEEPS IT IN PLAY AND GOES FOR ANOTHER KILL BUT IT’S THE FRESHMAN AGAIN. THAT ONE CANNOT BE RETURNED. DORN WITH THE STUFF. BUT IT’S THE KNIGHTS WHO WOULD ULTIMATELY WIN THE SET. AS EVA BENEDICT AND TAYLOR POSTMA COMBINE FOR THE POINT. R-C WITH THE SEVEN-POINT WIN IN THE FIRST. ON TO THE SECOND. A GOOD DIG THERE BY KAILEE INDERBITZIN… KAYA WHITTAKER BACK SETS IT TO THE FRESHMAN AND DORN WITH THE TAKEDOWN. RIPON UP BY ONE. BUT THE KNIGHTS TIE IT UP ON THE NEXT POINT… 9 VAN WYNGARDEN 2 BENEDICT 4 AVA VAN GRONINGEN! THE SENIOR FINDS OPEN COURT. AND A FEW POINTS LATER… AVA WOULD FIND OPEN COURT ONCE AGAIN. THIS TIME ON A BLOCK. THE 6-FOOT HITTER WILL AT CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY IN NORTH CAROLINA. JUNIOR SYDNEY HOFFMAN WOULD HAVE A GREAT MATCH FOR THE KNIGHTS AS SHE TAKES THE SETUP FROM BENEDICT AND HAMMERS IT HOME… GETTING BEAT UP BY HER TEAMMATES FOR THAT SCORCHING SHOT. THE INDIANS DOWN BY 15-14 HERE… 13 DORN AND 8 REAGAN WILKERSON SET UP KYLEE FULLMER AND FULLMER GETS THE KILL. BUT, THE KNIGHTS TAKE SET TWO. SO UP TWO SETS TO NONE IN THE THIRD. VAN GRONINGEN POSTA AND VANDERVEEN. JORDAN WOULD FINISH WITH A MATCH-HIGH 10 KILLS AS THE KNIGHTS TAKE THE MATCH IN THREE… FINISHING OFF THESE HIGHLIGHTS WITH THE MASTERFUL MOVE BY EVA BENEDICT. EVEN HER TEAMMATES ARE SURPRISED BY THAT ONE. RIPON CHRISTIAN WINS THE BATTLE FOR RIPON AND IMPROVE TO 19-4 ON THE SEASON. JUST FIVE LEAGUE MATCHES LEFT IN THE REGULAR SEASON FOR THE KNIGHTS.