The Corner Canyon Chargers will head out on the road to take on the Mountain Ridge Sentinels at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Corner Canyon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Bingham, who was ranked seventh at the time (Corner Canyon was ranked tenth). The Chargers fell just short of the Miners by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. That makes it the first time this season the Chargers have let down their home crowd.
Corner Canyon wouldn't go down easily and took Bingham into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking nine-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-19, 25-27, 25-13, 15-6.
Mountain Ridge had won four straight games and Xander Colemere did his part to make it five on Tuesday. The Sentinels walked away with a 3-1 win over Herriman with plenty of help from Colemere, who had 13 digs and two assists. He is on a roll when it comes to digs, as he's now had ten or more in each of the last three games he's played.
The victory didn't come easy: Herriman scored at least 21 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-23, 26-28, 25-23, 25-21.
Mountain Ridge's win bumped their record up to 13-2. As for Corner Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-5.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Corner Canyon has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Mountain Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 5.7 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Corner Canyon couldn't quite get it done against Mountain Ridge when the teams last played back in May of 2024 as they fell 3-1. Can the Chargers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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