On Thursday, Liberty faced Sunrise Mountain in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Liberty Lions came out on top against the Sunrise Mountain Mustangs by a score of 3-1. For the Lions, this counts as revenge for the 2-0 win the Mustangs walked away with the last time they faced one another on October 5th.
Liberty had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-20.
Hayden Granger was the offensive standout of the matchup as she had ten digs.
Liberty was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted since October 1st.
Sunrise Mountain's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kami Milner, who had 14 digs, and Aubree Manning, who had nine digs.
Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-11 record this season. As for Sunrise Mountain, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 28-8 record.
Liberty didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 victory against Boulder Creek on the 28th. As for Sunrise Mountain, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 3-0 win against Centennial on the 28th.
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