On Saturday, Sunrise Mountain faced Queen Creek in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Sunrise Mountain Mustangs came out on top in a nail-biter against the Queen Creek Bulldogs , sneaking past 2-1. For the Mustangs, this counts as revenge for the 2-1 loss the Bulldogs walked away with the last time they faced one another back in August.
Sunrise Mountain had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-11, 15-13.
Sunrise Mountain's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kami Milner led the charge by getting 14 digs. The team also got some help courtesy of Briella Skidmore, who had ten digs.
Despite the defeat, Queen Creek had strong showings from Izzy Mahaffey, who had 14 digs, and Miley Hakes, who had seven digs.
Sunrise Mountain is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Queen Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 16-12.
Sunrise Mountain has already played their next matchup, a 2-0 defeat against Xavier College Prep on the 5th. As for Queen Creek, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory against Omaha Westside on the 5th.
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