Volleyball Recap: Hough Huskies vs. Hopewell Titans
Hough entered their tilt with Hopewell on Tuesday with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. They put the hurt on the Hopewell Titans with a sharp 3-0 victory. The Huskies have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Titans, too.
Hough was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-12, 25-18.
Leading Hough to victory were Finley Hardy and Eve Kennedy. Hardy had four aces and three digs, while Kennedy had five aces. The dominant performance gave Hardy a new career-high in aces.
Hough was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 20 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in ten consecutive matchups.
When it comes to explaining why Hopewell lost, don't look at Kenadie Kurosawa. Despite the final result, she had eight digs.
Hough is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Hopewell, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-5.
Hough will square off against North Mecklenburg at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. North Mecklenburg is coming into the game with five straight wins at home, so Hough will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum. As for Hopewell, they will challenge Harding University at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopewell is facing Harding University at the right time seeing as Harding University is stuck on a nine-game losing streak.
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