Mountain Ridge is on a six-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Corner Canyon is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Mountain Ridge Sentinels will host the Corner Canyon Chargers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Mountain Ridge beat Herriman 3-1.
Mountain Ridge walked away with the victory (and looked especially good in the fourth set). The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 20-25, 25-18, 25-11.
Mountain Ridge's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Ava Livolsi, 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.
Meanwhile, Corner Canyon faced Bingham in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Corner Canyon put the hurt on Bingham with a sharp 3-0 win.
Corner Canyon's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Bingham to exactly 19 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-19, 25-19, 25-19.
Among those leading the charge was Jules Barber, who had four aces. Those four aces gave her a new career-high.
Mountain Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Corner Canyon, their victory bumped their record up to 17-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Mountain Ridge has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Corner Canyon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.9. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Mountain Ridge came up short against Corner Canyon in their previous matchup back in September, falling 3-1. Will Mountain Ridge have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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