The Corner Canyon Chargers will head out on the road to square off against the Copper Hills Grizzlies at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Corner Canyon has three straight wins, Copper Hills has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Corner Canyon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Herriman, who was ranked sixth at the time (Corner Canyon was ranked tenth). The Chargers blew past the Mustangs 3-0 on Thursday.
One reason for the win was Corner Canyon's just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-20, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Copper Hills came up short against Mountain Ridge on Thursday, falling 3-0.
While Copper Hills was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Mountain Ridge's winning margin in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-19, 27-25.
Copper Hills now has a losing record of 12-13. As for Corner Canyon, their victory bumped their record up to 11-6.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's match: Corner Canyon has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.2 aces per game. However, it's not like Copper Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.6 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Corner Canyon took their win against Copper Hills in their previous meeting back in March by a conclusive 3-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Chargers 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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