Game Details - Girls Volleyball

It wasn’t as comfortable as Mountain Ridge would’ve liked, but in the playoffs it’s all about surviving and advancing, and that’s what the Sentinels did in Thursday’s 6A quarterfinals. After jumping out to a 2-0 lead, No. 3 seed Mountain Ridged dropped the next two sets against No. 6 seed Bingham before grouping in the fifth for the 25-17, 25-22, 20-25, 17-25, 15-13 victory. “We’ve seen each other twice and we split this year. We won over there, they won at our place. We knew it was going to be a complete battle. Even going up 2-0, the girls knew that it was going to be punch for punch,” said Mountain Ridge coach Bryan Nicholson. “I was super happy with their resiliency to respond in that 5th set. It's fun and Bingham has a great program and I have a lot of respect for their coaches and their players. It's fun to be able to show up at state and play a really good team to get to the semis.” Mountain Ridge gave up an 11-point run in the fourth set, but Nicholson said one of the keys to the win was how that mentality didn’t carry over into the fifth. Allie Grossenback led the Sentinels with 11 kills and eight blocks, while Sadie White adding 11 blocks and Maia Morin eight blocks. Addyson Cook recorded 18 kills, with Lucy Coombs adding 12 in the win. With the win, Mountain Ridge advances to face Lone Peak in the semifinals. “ We’re excited. Two years ago they beat us in the finals and they're the only 6A team we haven't played this year, so it'll be it'll be nice, fresh matchup,” said Nicholson.