Volleyball Preview: Hamilton Heights Huskies vs. Lapel Bulldogs
Hamilton Heights has been on the road for three straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. After both having extra time off, they and the Lapel Bulldogs will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hamilton Heights will bounce into Wednesday's match after beating Noblesville, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Hamilton Heights sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Noblesville on Tuesday.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Hamilton Heights who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 23-26, 25-14, 22-25, 15-13.
Kennedy Cherry was a one-man wrecking crew for Hamilton Heights as she had 25 digs. Cherry has been hot recently, having posted 12 or more digs the last eight times she's played.
Hamilton Heights was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least seven aces in seven consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Lapel earned a 3-1 win over Alexandria-Monroe on Thursday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Lapel 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 20-25, 25-13, 25-16, 25-21.
Hamilton Heights is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. As for Lapel, their victory bumped their record up to 16-6.
Hamilton Heights was able to grind out a solid win over Lapel when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Hamilton Heights repeat their success, or does Lapel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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