Volleyball Recap: Dynamic Duo of Cole Fujinaga and Nathan Panggat Lead Heritage to Victory

By Team Reports May 12, 2025, 9:36am

Volleyball Recap: Heritage Patriots vs. Campolindo Cougars

Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Heritage walked away with it. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Campolindo Cougars on Tuesday. For the Patriots, this counts as revenge for the 3-0 victory the Cougars walked away with the last time they faced one another back in April of 2021.

Heritage had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-17, 25-14, 25-23.

Cole Fujinaga

Digs

05/06/25 vs Campolindo6
05/01/25 @ Liberty1
04/24/25 vs Pittsburg5
04/22/25 vs Deer Valley3
04/15/25 vs Freedom5
04/08/25 vs Liberty7

Leading Heritage to victory were Nathan Panggat and Cole Fujinaga. Panggat had 25 assists and six digs, while Fujinaga had 15 assists and six digs. That's the most digs Fujinaga has posted since back in April. Zallond Mashal also deserves some recognition as he had his first block of the season.

Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season. As for Campolindo, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 18-19.

Heritage wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 3-2 loss against Irvington on the 8th. Campolindo does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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