After both having extra time off, the Mountain Ridge Sentinels and the Bingham Miners will shake off the cobwebs and take on one another at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Corner Canyon, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked seventh). Mountain Ridge fell 3-1 to Corner Canyon on Tuesday.
While Mountain Ridge ultimatly came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 17 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-18, 20-25, 25-17.
Mountain Ridge's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Ava Livolsi, who had seven digs and two aces, and Allie Grossenbach, who had 16 kills, six digs, and two aces. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Grossenbach now had six or more in the last 27 games she's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Mountain Ridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least nine aces in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, everything went Bingham's way against Copper Hills on Tuesday as Bingham made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Miners.
The final score came out to 25-23, 25-18, 25-23.
Mountain Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 15-4. As for Bingham, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.
Mountain Ridge might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Bingham in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bingham's Jessica Truong, who had 16 digs and three aces. Now that Mountain Ridge knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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