The Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks will square off against the Mica Mountain Thunderbolts at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Ironwood Ridge comes in on three and Mica Mountain on six.
Ironwood Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Cactus Shadows as Ironwood Ridge made off with a 3-0 win.
Meanwhile, Mica Mountain was able to grind out a solid victory over ALA - Queen Creek on Thursday, taking the game 3-1.
Mica Mountain walked away with the win (and looked especially good in the second set). The final score came out to 25-16, 25-12, 20-25, 25-22.
Mica Mountain can attribute much of their success to Jayden Nugent, who had nine digs and three aces, and Addison Andrews, who had a kill, a block, and 43 assists. That's the most aces Nugent has posted since back in September.
Mica Mountain was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as ALA - Queen Creek only served four.
Mica Mountain pushed their record up to 24-10 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Ironwood Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-18 record this season.
Ironwood Ridge came up short against Mica Mountain in their previous matchup back in October, falling 3-1. Can Ironwood Ridge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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