Volleyball Preview: Ursuline Fighting Irish vs. Heartland Christian Lions
Ursuline and Heartland Christian are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Ursuline Fighting Irish will face off against the Heartland Christian Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Heartland Christian took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Ursuline, who comes in off a win.
Ursuline took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Everything went their way against Chaney as Ursuline made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Ursuline took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-9, 25-13.
Ursuline was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Heartland Christian lost 3-0 to Catholic Central on Thursday. The Lions have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-23, 25-13.
Ursuline has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-7 record this season. As for Heartland Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 10-5.
Ursuline was able to grind out a solid victory over Heartland Christian when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Ursuline repeat their success, or does Heartland Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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