Volleyball Preview: Licking Heights Hornets vs. Watkins Memorial Warriors
The Licking Heights Hornets will face off against the Watkins Memorial Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Licking Heights' favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while Watkins Memorial has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Last Thursday, Licking Heights earned a 3-1 victory over Lakewood.
Licking Heights had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-15, 26-24, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Watkins Memorial suffered their biggest loss since August 20th on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Mt. Vernon. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Warriors haven't been shut out since back in August.
Watkins Memorial was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the third set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-14, 25-23.
Licking Heights is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Watkins Memorial, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-11.
Licking Heights was able to grind out a solid win over Watkins Memorial in their previous matchup on September 3rd, winning 3-1. Will Licking Heights repeat their success, or does Watkins Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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