It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Mountain Ridge had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Bingham Miners out 3-2. The victory was nothing new for the Sentinels as they're now sitting on four straight.
Mountain Ridge took Bingham into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-22, 20-25, 17-25, 15-13.
Mountain Ridge got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Ava Livolsi out in front who had 19 digs. Livolsi is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last three games she's played.
Bingham's loss came despite strong showings from Jessica Truong and Mckenna Lambson. Truong had 24 digs and two aces, while Lambson had seven digs and 28 assists.
Mountain Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-5 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to aces: they averaged an imposing zero aces in those games compared to only zero in the others. As for Bingham, their loss dropped their record down to 19-11.
Mountain Ridge wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 3-2 defeat against Lone Peak on the 8th. Bingham has also already played their next contest, a 2-1 loss against Skyridge on the 8th.
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