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By Team Reports Sep 23, 2024, 12:56am

Volleyball Preview: Horizon Hawks vs. Holy Family Tigers

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The Horizon Hawks will square off against the Holy Family Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.

Horizon came up short against Mead on Thursday, falling 3-0.

Horizon was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-13, 26-24.

Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Sarah Vaness, who had 14 digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Annalee Young, who had two aces and a kill.

She wasn't the only good server: Horizon was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in eight consecutive games.

Meanwhile, Holy Family came up short against Lutheran on Saturday, falling 3-0. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-13, 25-10.

Horizon has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-6 record this season. As for Holy Family, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.

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