Mountain Ridge entered their match against Bingham on Wednesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Mountain Ridge Sentinels took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bingham Miners. It was the first time this season that the Sentinels let down their fans at home.
The 3-1 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 28-26, 25-23, 25-22.
When it comes to explaining why Mountain Ridge lost, don't look at Ava Livolsi. Despite the final result, she had 20 digs and two aces. With that strong performance, Livolsi is now averaging an impressive 10.1 digs per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Rylee Lesh, who had nine 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's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Jessica Truong had a dynamite game for Bingham, getting 26 digs. Truong is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last four games she's played dating back to last season.
Mountain Ridge's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 21-5. As for Bingham, they pushed their record up to 17-9 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Mountain Ridge will face off against Riverton at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Bingham, they will head out to challenge Herriman at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Bingham is facing Herriman at the right time seeing as Herriman is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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