Volleyball Recap: Avery County Vikings vs. Mountain Heritage Cougars
After flying high against NCSSM: Morganton last Thursday, Avery County came back down to earth. The Avery County Vikings took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mountain Heritage Cougars on Tuesday. The defeat continues a trend for the Vikings in their matchups with the Cougars: they've now lost five in a row.
Avery County took a 1-1 lead headed into the third set, but sadly they lost the next two. The final score came out to 25-22, 19-25, 25-23, 25-18.
Mountain Heritage was led to victory by Sydney Styles and Callie Capps. Styles had 23 digs, while Capps had 14 digs, four aces, and a kill. That's the most aces Capps has posted since back in October of 2023.
Avery County now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Mountain Heritage, their victory bumped their record up to 3-5.
Avery County will venture away from home to take on Madison at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Avery County is facing Madison at the right time seeing as Madison is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Mountain Heritage, they will be playing at home against Mitchell at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mitchell is coming into the match with three straight wins on the road, so Mountain Heritage will have to stop a squad with plenty of momentum.
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