Mountain Crest is 8-2 against Bear River since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Mountain Crest Mustangs will take on the Bear River Bears at 6:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
On Tuesday, Mountain Crest wound up with the same score they had in their last game (3-1), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. They haven't had much luck with the Bees recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
After all that action, the final score was 25-16, 29-27, 17-25, 25-23.
Mountain Crest might have lost, but man, Addley Corbett was a machine: she had 30 digs. Corbett is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had five or more in the last 17 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordan Belles, who had 13 digs.
Meanwhile, Bear River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They came up short against Sky View, falling 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-13, 25-7, 25-14.
Despite the loss, Bear River got top-tier performance from Brooke Eggli, who had 18 digs.
Mountain Crest's record now sits at 7-10. As for Bear River, their record is now 1-12.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Mountain Crest has serving mastered this season, having averaged 8.1 aces per game. However, it's not like Bear River struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Mountain Crest's way against Bear River in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Mountain Crest made off with a 3-0 win. Will Mountain Crest repeat their success, or does Bear River have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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