Volleyball Preview: Ironwood Eagles vs. Maricopa Rams
Ironwood has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Maricopa Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Ironwood is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Independence 3-0.
Ironwood was especially dominant in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-21, 25-8.
Keira Allen and Ashley Logan were among the main playmakers for Ironwood as the former had 16 digs and the latter hit 83.3% for ten kills and 16 digs, three aces, and a block. Logan has been hot for a while, having also posted 12 or more assists the last ten times she's played.
Ironwood 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 ten aces in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Maricopa had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four last Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Cougars as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Maricopa was: they took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-13, 25-15.
Ironwood pushed their record up to 13-18 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Maricopa, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 23-13 record this season.
Ironwood came up short against Maricopa in their previous matchup back in September, falling 2-0. Can Ironwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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