Wasatch has won five straight games at home, while Mountain Ridge has won five straight on the road dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Wasps will host the Sentinels at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wasatch is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Cedar Valley, who was ranked 23rd at the time (Wasatch was ranked 11th). The Wasps came out on top against the Aviators by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. The Wasps haven't had any issues with the Aviators recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
The final score came out to 25-17, 25-22, 19-25, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge made easy work of West Jordan on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Mountain Ridge took every set by at least ten points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-15, 25-12.
Wasatch better focus on containing Xander Colemere and Jaden Farnsworth as the pair were huge in Mountain Ridge's win. Colemere had 15 digs, while Farnsworth had three digs. Those three digs gave Farnsworth a new career-high.
Mountain Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 11-2. As for Wasatch, their win bumped their record up to 14-5.
Wasatch beat Mountain Ridge 3-1 in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Will the Wasps repeat their success, or do the Sentinels have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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