Volleyball Game Preview: Somerset Academy Key Lions vs. American Heritage Patriots

By Team Reports Oct 9, 2024, 3:25am

Volleyball Preview: Somerset Academy Key Lions vs. American Heritage Patriots

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After both having extra time off, the Somerset Academy Key Lions and the American Heritage Patriots will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Somerset Academy Key will come in still looking for their first win of the season.

Somerset Academy Key came up short against Highlands Christian on Friday, falling 3-0.

Meanwhile, everything went American Heritage's way against Franklin Academy on Friday as American Heritage made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.

The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant American Heritage was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-9, 25-13.

American Heritage got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Alice Wu out in front who had four digs and four aces. Those four aces gave Wu a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Caleigh Ana Lick, who had four digs and four aces.

She wasn't the only good server: American Heritage was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 23 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.

Somerset Academy Key's loss dropped their record down to 0-10. As for American Heritage, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season.

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