Volleyball Preview: Cleveland Heights Tigers vs. Garfield Heights Bulldogs
Cleveland Heights has been on the road for two straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Garfield Heights Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are at an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2020, but likely not for long.
Last Monday, Cleveland Heights got the win against Harvey by a conclusive 3-0.
Cleveland Heights was especially dominant in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-16, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Garfield Heights had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They skirted past the Titans 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (98-90) Garfield Heights actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-18, 16-25, 9-25, 25-22, 15-8.
Garfield Heights had a senior duo take command as Amaya Patterson had 17 digs, five kills, three aces, and a block and Malena Pickett had 29 digs and a kill. Those 17 digs set a new season-high mark for Patterson.
Cleveland Heights has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. As for Garfield Heights, they pushed their record up to 15-4 with the win, which was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season.
Cleveland Heights came out on top in a nail-biter against Garfield Heights when the teams last played back in October of 2022, sneaking past 3-2. Will Cleveland Heights repeat their success, or does Garfield Heights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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