Volleyball Preview: Mountain Ridge Sentinels vs. Copper Hills Grizzlies
The Mountain Ridge Sentinels will face off against the Copper Hills Grizzlies at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mountain Ridge is coming into the match hot, having won their last five games.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Corner Canyon, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked fourth). Mountain Ridge walked away with a 3-1 victory over Corner Canyon on Tuesday.
Mountain Ridge had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-14.
Mountain Ridge's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ava Livolsi, who had 12 digs and two aces. Livolsi is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylee Lesh, who had 11 digs.
Mountain Ridge 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 seven aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Copper Hills, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They won by a set and slipped past Herriman 3-2.
Copper Hills was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (104-97), but they still managed to win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 14-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-22, 15-11.
Mountain Ridge pushed their record up to 20-4 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Copper Hills, their win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-13.
Mountain Ridge took their victory against Copper Hills in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Ridge since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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