Volleyball Game Preview: Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks vs. ALA - Queen Creek Patriots + Official Tickets

The Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks will challenge the ALA - Queen Creek Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Ironwood Ridge sitting on ten straight wins and ALA - Queen Creek on 13.

Ironwood Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over ALA - Gilbert North.

Ironwood Ridge not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept ALA - Gilbert North to exactly 20 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-20, 25-20.

If Saguaro wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played ALA - Queen Creek, they should've done a better job of containing Mckenna Kehoe. The Patriots were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Sabercats on Monday thanks in part to Kehoe, who had 17 digs and two aces. Kehoe is also crushing it when it comes to assists: she's posted at least 15 every time she's taken the court this season.

One reason for the win was ALA - Queen Creek's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-18, 25-17.

Ironwood Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 24-15. As for ALA - Queen Creek, their win bumped their record up to 25-8.

Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Ironwood Ridge has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 7.2 aces per game. However, it's not like ALA - Queen Creek struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.7 aces. 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.