Volleyball Preview: Shadow Ridge Mustangs vs. Sierra Vista Mountain Lions
Shadow Ridge has gone 8-2 against Sierra Vista recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Shadow Ridge Mustangs will challenge the Sierra Vista Mountain Lions at 6:00 p.m. Shadow Ridge is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Shadow Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Foothill, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Shadow Ridge was ranked 12th). Shadow Ridge came out on top against Foothill by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Sierra Vista came up short against Faith Lutheran on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Mountain Lions in their matchups with the Crusaders: they've now lost five in a row.
Sierra Vista was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Faith Lutheran work for it, especially in the third set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 21-25, 29-27, 25-16.
Shadow Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 14-12 record this season. As for Sierra Vista, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-8.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Shadow Ridge has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Sierra Vista struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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