Volleyball Preview: Herculaneum Black Cats vs. Crystal City Hornets
Herculaneum has been on the road for five straight, but on Tuesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Crystal City Hornets at 6:30 p.m. Crystal City took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Herculaneum, who comes in off a win.
Last Saturday, Herculaneum was able to grind out a solid win over St. James, taking the game 2-0.
Herculaneum was dominant in the first set, but otherwise had just enough against a tough St. James squad. The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-19.
Herculaneum was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last seven matchups.
Meanwhile, Crystal City lost 3-0 to Fredericktown on Monday. The Hornets haven't had much luck with the Black Cats recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Crystal City was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-23, 25-20.
The victory got Herculaneum back to even at 8-8-1. As for Crystal City, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
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