The Mountain Ridge Sentinels will venture away from home to square off against the Cedar Valley Aviators at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Mountain Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Westlake, who was ranked eighth at the time (Mountain Ridge was ranked 21st). The Sentinels took a 10-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Thunder on Thursday.
Mountain Ridge saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sahar Fard, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI and one double. Paityn Pirraglio also deserves some recognition as she scored her first run of the season.
Herriman hit Cedar Valley with a four-run first inning on Thursday, which goes a long way in explaining the final result. The Aviators fell 7-3 to the Mustangs.
Eva Okusi was cooking despite her team's loss, going 3-for-4 with two RBI and one double. The team also got some help courtesy of Makaylie Lundberg, who went 2-for-3 with two runs.
Mountain Ridge's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-4. As for Cedar Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5.
Fans could be in store for some top-tier slugging on Tuesday. Mountain Ridge hasn't had any problems when it comes to power this season, having averaged 0.5 home runs per game. However, it's not like Cedar Valley struggles in that department as they've been averaging 0.6 home runs. With so much power on both teams, it'll be down to the pitchers to keep the mound locked down.
Everything went Mountain Ridge's way against Cedar Valley when the teams last played back in March of 2025, as Mountain Ridge made off with a 15-0 win. Do the Sentinels have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Aviators turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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