Volleyball Preview: Sunrise Mountain Mustangs vs. Ironwood Eagles
Sunrise Mountain is 10-0 against Ironwood since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Sunrise Mountain Mustangs will host the Ironwood Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Sunrise Mountain comes in on six and Ironwood on five.
Last Thursday, everything went Sunrise Mountain's way against Desert Mountain as Sunrise Mountain made off with a 3-0 win.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-10, 25-12.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Sunrise Mountain to victory, but perhaps none more so than Aubree Manning, who had seven aces and six digs. The dominant performance gave Manning a new career-high in aces. Kami Milner was another key player, getting ten digs.
Sunrise Mountain 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 five aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Ironwood made easy work of Kellis on Thursday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Ironwood was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-13, 25-13.
Ironwood can attribute much of their success to Olivia Schild, who had 13 digs, and Kelsey Allen, who had three digs and two aces.
Sunrise Mountain pushed their record up to 12-3 with the win, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Ironwood, their victory bumped their record up to 7-8.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's match: Sunrise Mountain has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 5.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Ironwood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Sunrise Mountain took their win against Ironwood when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Sunrise Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ironwood turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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