The Lugoff-Elgin Demons will head out to challenge the Ridge View Blazers at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lugoff-Elgin has six straight victories, Ridge View has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lugoff-Elgin will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Blythewood, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Lugoff-Elgin walked away with a 3-1 win over Blythewood on Tuesday.
After all that action, the final score was 26-24, 14-25, 25-19, 25-18.
Among those leading the charge was Kaelyn McConkay, who had six digs and five aces.
McConkay wasn't the only one working in the aces department: Lugoff-Elgin was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive games.
Ridge View might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 2-0 to Coastal Christian, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-14.
Lugoff-Elgin pushed their record up to 6-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Ridge View, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6.
Lugoff-Elgin was able to grind out a solid win over Ridge View in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Lugoff-Elgin repeat their success, or does Ridge View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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