Volleyball Preview: Heritage Patriots vs. Cardinal Newman Cardinals
After both having extra time off, the Heritage Patriots and the Cardinal Newman Cardinals will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Heritage won the last time they faced Liberty and Camy De La Chevrotiere did her part to make sure it happened again. Heritage blew past Liberty 3-0 on Thursday thanks in part to De La Chevrotiere, who had four aces and three digs. That's the most aces she has posted in her last seven matches.
While Heritage won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. 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 matchups.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Newman had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Pumas with a sharp 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.
Heritage has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-14 record this season. As for Cardinal Newman, their victory bumped their record up to 25-7.
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