Volleyball Preview: Mountain Ridge Sentinels vs. Herriman Mustangs
Mountain Ridge is 7-2 against Herriman since August of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mountain Ridge Sentinels will head out to challenge the Herriman Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Ridge will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Tuesday, Mountain Ridge made easy work of Riverton and carried off a 3-0 win.
Mountain Ridge walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the first set). The match finished with set scores of 25-10, 25-19, 25-21.
Ava Livolsi was the offensive standout of the match as she had six digs and three aces.
She wasn't the only good server: 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 six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Herriman faced Bingham in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Herriman lost 3-0 to Bingham. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Miners recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-16, 25-14.
Mountain Ridge has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Herriman, their loss dropped their record down to 10-6.
Mountain Ridge skirted past Herriman 3-2 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Ridge 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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