Volleyball Recap: Lake Highlands Wildcats vs. Richardson Eagles
Lake Highlands had already won eight in a row and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Richardson Eagles as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The Wildcats have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Eagles, too.
One reason for the win was Lake Highlands' just kept getting better, winning each set by more points than the last. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-15, 25-9.
Lake Highlands can attribute much of their success to Emerson Balderach, who had seven digs and 20 assists. Balderach is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last 12 games she's played dating back to last season. Kennedy Calabrese was another key player, getting three digs and two aces.
Lake Highlands couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 40.5% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 23.1% earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 41.3%.
Despite the loss, Richardson still got an impressive performance from Winnie Goodson, who had nine digs.
Lake Highlands has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-11 record this season. As for Richardson, the loss snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 14-17 record.
Lake Highlands wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 3-0 win against Berkner on the 18th. As for Richardson, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 3-0 defeat against Pearce on the 18th.
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