Mountain Ridge faced Herriman in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Sentinels fell just short of the Mustangs by a score of 3-2. The Sentinels were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Mustangs earlier this season, when they won 3-1.
Mountain Ridge actually scored more points across those five sets (104-96), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 15-25, 16-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Nesta Vaitai paced Mountain Ridge's offense, picking up 14 kills. Vaitai got some help from Curtis Fowler and his 24 assists. Clark Fowler controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Mountain Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 16-4. As for Herriman, they pushed their record up to 16-7 with the win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Mountain Ridge is set to take on their familiar foe Corner Canyon at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Herriman will square off against rival Riverton at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
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