Volleyball Recap: Dynamic Duo of Maya Wight and Natalie Harshbarger Lead Knoxville to Victory + How To Watch

By Team Reports Sep 8, 2025, 8:29pm

Volleyball Recap: Knoxville Blue Bullets vs. Cuba/Spoon River Valley Wildcats

Knoxville had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They came within a single set of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Cuba/Spoon River Valley Wildcats. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Blue Bullets have posted against the Wildcats since October 7, 2019.

Knoxville had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 20-25, 25-22, 25-18.

Maya Wight

Digs (Career)

09/04/25 vs Cuba/Spoon River Valley14
08/28/25 @ Farmington12
08/25/25 @ Rockridge9
08/30/25 vs Princeville7
08/30/25 vs Monmouth-Roseville5

Leading Knoxville to victory were Natalie Harshbarger and Maya Wight. Harshbarger had 33 digs and two assists, while Wight had 14 digs. Those 14 digs gave Wight a new career-high.

Knoxville's victory bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Cuba/Spoon River Valley, they now have a losing record of 1-2.

Coming up, Knoxville will head out on the road to challenge Lewistown at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Cuba/Spoon River Valley, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Beardstown on the 8th.

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