Volleyball Preview: Cardinal Newman Cardinals vs. Heritage Patriots
After both having extra time off, the Cardinal Newman Cardinals and the Heritage Patriots will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Heritage is hoping to do what Maria Carrillo couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Cardinal Newman's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Cardinal Newman's way against Maria Carrillo as Cardinal Newman made off with a 3-0 win.
Cardinal Newman was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-12, 25-19.
If Liberty wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Heritage, they should've done a better job of containing Camy De La Chevrotiere. Everything went Heritage's way against Liberty on Thursday as Heritage made off with a 3-0 victory thanks in part to De La Chevrotiere, who had four aces and three digs. With that strong performance, she is now averaging an impressive 12.2 assists per game.
Heritage never let Liberty on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 25-7, 25-17.
Heritage was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive contests.
Cardinal Newman has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-7 record this season. As for Heritage, their win bumped their record up to 19-14.
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