Volleyball Preview: Mountain Ridge Sentinels vs. Weber Warriors
Mountain Ridge has been on the road for eight straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Weber Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, everything went Mountain Ridge's way against Davis as Mountain Ridge made off with a 3-0 victory.
After all that action, the final score was 25-15, 25-21, 25-14.
Mountain Ridge had a senior duo take command as Rylee Lesh had 12 digs and six aces and Ava Livolsi had seven digs and four aces. Livolsi is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had four or more in the last 13 games she's played dating back to last season.
Mountain Ridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Davis only served four.
Meanwhile, Weber earned a 3-1 win over Herriman on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
The final score came out to 25-16, 24-26, 26-24, 25-20.
Among those leading the charge was Maddie Zabriskie, who had four digs and two aces. That's the most aces she has posted since Thursday.
Mountain Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for Weber, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Mountain Ridge has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Weber struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.4. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Mountain Ridge suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Weber in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. Will Mountain Ridge have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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