The Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks will take on the Bishop Gorman Gaels at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Tuesday, Ironwood Ridge got the win against Buena by a conclusive 3-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Nighthawks.
Ironwood Ridge was generally in control, but really had to dig deep in the third set to get the win. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-8, 28-26.
Meanwhile, Bishop Gorman had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They blew past the Skyhawks 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Bishop Gorman took every set by at least 13 points. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-3, 25-12.
Bishop Gorman found their leader in underclassman Chloe Lopez, who had nine digs and two aces.
Bishop Gorman couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 53.2% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in October of 2023.
The victory got Ironwood Ridge back to even at 5-5. As for Bishop Gorman, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with that win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
Ironwood Ridge came up short against Bishop Gorman in their previous matchup back in October of 2015, falling 2-0. Can Ironwood Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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