After starting their inaugural campaign with a historic home win over the Orlando Valkyries last week, the Ignite continued to deliver. On Thursday, the team played in Indiana again and overcame the Grand Rapids Rise 3-0 (25-18, 28-26, 25-16). Outside hitters Leketor Member-Meneh and Nina Čajić led the team with 19 points each.
“They were putting up a good fight, which they absolutely should, but we really trusted each other,” Member-Meneh said. “We are in these pressure moments all the time in practice, so we didn’t have to overdo anything; we just had to stick to what we knew and it ended up working out.”
Two days later, the team made the trip to Ohio to face the Columbus Fury and secured a dramatic 3-2 (25-18, 32-30, 19-25, 22-25, 15-11) victory to continue at the top of the table. The two outside hitters combined for 50 points this time, with Member-Meneh adding 30 and the Serbian another 20.
