Mica Mountain waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks. For the Thunderbolts, this counts as revenge for the 3-2 victory the Nighthawks walked away with the last time they faced one another two weeks ago.
The final score came out to 25-23, 25-18, 24-26, 25-22.
Mica Mountain can attribute much of their success to Jayden Nugent, who had 13 digs.
Mica Mountain couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 47.4% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was in their last 14 matches.
Despite the defeat, Ironwood Ridge saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Madeline Flowers had seven digs and six aces. Those six aces set a new season-high mark for Flowers.
Mica Mountain pushed their record up to 22-10 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Ironwood Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 15-18.
Mica Mountain didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-1 victory against Salpointe Catholic on the 28th. As for Ironwood Ridge, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 3-0 win against Rincon/University on the 29th.
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