MURFREESBORO – Defending state champ Ravenwood won its first two matches at the TSSAA Class AAA state volleyball tournament Wednesday and moves into the winners’ bracket final Thursday afternoon.

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The Lady Raptors (45-8) now stand only two victories away from a repeat championship. RHS dispatched Knoxville Farragut 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-21) in the first match, and then defeated Sullivan South in four games (25-23, 25-9, 22-25, 25-16) at MTSU.

Ravenwood will play in the winners’ bracket at 1 p.m. Thursday at Blackman High School against last night’s winner of Siegel-Independence. The Lady Raptors have already beat Independence in the regular season, the district finals and for the region championship.

If the Lady Raptors win Thursday, they will play in Friday’s 6 p.m. championship match at MTSU. If they lose, they will fall into the losers’ bracket finals at 4:30 p.m. at Blackman for another chance at making the finals.

RHS hasn’t lost to a team from Tennessee so far this season.