Highland has gone 10-0 against Desert Ridge recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Highland Hawks will face off against the Desert Ridge Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. Desert Ridge took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Highland, who comes in off a win.
Last Thursday, everything went Highland's way against Higley as Highland made off with a 3-0 win.
Highland's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Higley between 14 and 17 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-14, 25-17, 25-17.
Alyx Daugherty was the offensive standout of the game as she had six digs and two aces.
Highland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Desert Ridge was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They fell just short of Williams Field by a score of 3-2.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Desert Ridge sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 19-25, 25-19, 19-25, 15-6.
Highland is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 28-9 record this season. As for Desert Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 9-13.
Highland was able to grind out a solid victory over Desert Ridge in their previous meeting on October 3rd, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Highland since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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