Fossil Ridge is ranked highly in their home state and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Queen Creek. The Fossil Ridge SaberCats fell 2-0 to the Queen Creek Bulldogs. The SaberCats' defeat signaled the end of their 11-game winning streak.
Fossil Ridge was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-20.
Despite the loss, Fossil Ridge still got an impressive performance from Trinity Burchett, who had 14 digs. With that strong performance, Burchett is now averaging an impressive 10.2 digs per game.
Having lost for the first time this season, Fossil Ridge fell to 11-1. As for Queen Creek, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a massive bump to their 16-10 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Fossil Ridge is on the road again on Tuesday to play Rocky Mountain at 6:00 p.m. As for Queen Creek, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Desert Ridge at 6:00 p.m. on October 15th.
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