The Copper Hills Grizzlies will take on the Mountain Ridge Sentinels at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Copper Hills took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Herriman , sneaking past 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (104-97) Copper Hills actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-21, 18-25, 25-22, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Mountain Ridge faced Corner Canyon in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Mountain Ridge walked away with a 3-1 victory over Corner Canyon. The win was familiar territory for the Sentinels who have now won five games in a row.
Mountain Ridge had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-21, 25-16, 25-14.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mountain Ridge to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ava Livolsi, who had 12 digs and two aces. Livolsi is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Madi Ryan, who had seven digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Mountain Ridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in four consecutive matchups.
Copper Hills' victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-13. As for Mountain Ridge, they pushed their record up to 20-4 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Copper Hills suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Mountain Ridge when the teams last played back in September. Will Copper Hills have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more volleyball content.
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