Volleyball Preview: Corner Canyon Chargers vs. Mountain Ridge Sentinels
The Corner Canyon Chargers's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Mountain Ridge Sentinels at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Corner Canyon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Bingham, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Corner Canyon was ranked sixth). Everything went Corner Canyon's way against Bingham on Thursday as Corner Canyon made off with a 3-0 victory.
Corner Canyon's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Bingham to exactly 19 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-19, 25-19.
Jules Barber was the offensive standout of the game as she had four aces. Those four aces gave her a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They came out on top against the Mustangs by a score of 3-1.
Mountain Ridge walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The final score came out to 25-18, 20-25, 25-18, 25-11.
Mountain Ridge got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Ava Livolsi out in front who had 12 digs and five aces. With that strong performance, Livolsi is now averaging an impressive 2.1 aces per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylee Lesh, who had 12 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 six aces in seven consecutive matches.
Corner Canyon pushed their record up to 17-6 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Mountain Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's matchup: Corner Canyon has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.9 aces per game. However, it's not like Mountain Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 8.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Corner Canyon was able to grind out a solid victory over Mountain Ridge when the teams last played back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Corner Canyon since the team 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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