Volleyball Recap: Shadow Ridge Comes Up Short in High-Profile Matchup with ALA - Gilbert North

Mustangs

Previous 5 Games

03/01/25 vs ALA - Gilbert North	0-2
03/01/25 vs Casteel	2-0
03/01/25 vs Crescenta Valley	2-0
03/01/25 vs Somerset Sky Pointe	2-0
02/28/25 vs El Dorado	2-0

Shadow Ridge is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of ALA - Gilbert North. The Shadow Ridge Mustangs fell 2-0 to the ALA - Gilbert North Eagles. The Mustangs' defeat signaled the end of their undefeated season.

Zion Moore paced Shadow Ridge's offense, picking up 11 kills. Moore got some help from Kingston Jerome and his 17 assists. Moore was also solid from the service line: he led the team with two aces.

Leading ALA - Gilbert North to victory were Ethan Smith and Cash Price. Smith had 17 assists and four digs, while Price had eight digs and three aces. That's the most aces Price has posted over his last four games.

Having lost for the first time this season, Shadow Ridge fell to 6-1. As for ALA - Gilbert North, the victory keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.

Shadow Ridge didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-2 win against Somerset Sky Pointe on the 4th. As for ALA - Gilbert North, they have also already played their next matchup, a 2-1 loss against Canyon Crest Academy on the 1st.