Volleyball Recap: New Albany Beats Licking Heights for Their Fourth Straight Victory

New Albany won the last time they faced Licking Heights, and Sahil Shah did his part to make sure it happened again. The Eagles came out on top against the Hornets by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday thanks in part to Shah, who had five digs and three aces. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more aces the last three times he's played.

New Albany had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-17, 26-24, 25-21.

Eagles

Previous 4 Games

05/06/25 @ Licking Heights	3-1
05/05/25 vs Olentangy Berlin	2-0
05/01/25 vs Dublin Jerome	3-1
04/29/25 vs Newark	3-0

The victory (which was New Albany's fourth in a row) raised their record to 13-8. As for Licking Heights, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 8-4 record.

The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. After both having extra time off, New Albany and Olentangy will shake off the rust and duke it out at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Licking Heights, they will face off against Westerville South at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.