Volleyball Game Preview: Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks vs. Salpointe Catholic Lancers + How To Watch

The Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks will venture away from home to square off against the Salpointe Catholic Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.

Ironwood Ridge had to skate by with only a one-set margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the three-set drubbing they dealt Walden Grove on Tuesday. The Nighthawks blew past the Red Wolves 3-0. The win continues a trend for the Nighthawks in their matchups with the Red Wolves: they've now won four in a row.

The final score came out to 25-15, 25-12, 25-20.

Marcella Landers

Assists

10/14/25 @ Walden Grove	16
10/04/25 vs Marin Catholic	2
10/04/25 vs Archbishop Mitty	6
10/03/25 vs Buchanan	6
10/03/25 vs Sierra Canyon	14
+ 2 more games

Ironwood Ridge can attribute much of their success to Lydia Litkenhus, who had 24 assists, and Marcella Landers, who had 16 assists. That's the most assists Landers has posted over her last seven contests.

Meanwhile, Salpointe Catholic got the win against Maricopa on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.

The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-11, 25-20.

Salpointe Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 24-7. As for Ironwood Ridge, they now have a winning record of 16-15.

Ironwood Ridge came up short against Salpointe Catholic when the teams last played back in September, falling 3-1. Can the Nighthawks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.