Volleyball Game Preview: Owen Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 14, 2024, 2:42am

Volleyball Preview: Owen Warhorses vs. Mountain Heritage Cougars

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The Owen Warhorses will venture away from home to square off against the Mountain Heritage Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Mountain Heritage is hoping to do what NCSSM: Morganton couldn't on Thursday: put an end to Owen's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Owen blew past NCSSM: Morganton 3-0.

Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Owen took every set by at least ten points. After all that action, the final score was 25-9, 25-8, 25-15.

Meanwhile, everything went Mountain Heritage's way against Mitchell on Thursday as Mountain Heritage made off with a 3-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.

The final score came out to 25-20, 25-13, 25-14.

Mountain Heritage was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in five consecutive contests.

Owen now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Mountain Heritage, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season.

Owen took their win against Mountain Heritage in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Owen repeat their success, or does Mountain Heritage have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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