Volleyball Recap: Boulder Creek Takes a Loss

Boulder Creek suffered their biggest defeat since October 8th on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Mountain Lions this season, with their most recent loss being a 3-0 defeat on October 8th.

Boulder Creek was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Mountain Ridge work for it, especially in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 25-22, 25-19.

Boulder Creek's offense was headlined by Lila Burkhart and Laci Noice, who picked up ten kills apiece. They got some help from Layla Bruhn and her 15 assists. Lucy Salihar controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.

Boulder Creek has been struggling recently as they've lost 11 of their last 14 matchups. That's put a noticeable dent in their 16-20 record this season. As for Mountain Ridge, their victory ended a four-match drought on the road and puts them at 12-13.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Boulder Creek is set to challenge their familiar foe Liberty at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge will square off against rival Pinnacle at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.