Volleyball Game Preview: Hillcrest Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 12, 2024, 10:09am

Volleyball Preview: Hillcrest Hornets vs. Cassville Wildcats

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Hillcrest has gone 6-1 against Cassville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Hillcrest Hornets will face off against the Cassville Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Hillcrest will be strutting in after a victory while Cassville will be coming in after a loss.

Last Monday, Hillcrest narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Willard 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Hornets.

Hillcrest was actually outscored in aggregate across those five sets (102-91), but they still managed to win. After all that action, the final score was 25-19, 12-25, 25-20, 14-25, 15-13.

Hillcrest was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in eight consecutive matchups dating back to last season.

Meanwhile, Cassville came up short against Pleasant Hope on Monday, falling 3-0. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

The final score came out to 25-16, 25-19, 25-23.

Hillcrest now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Cassville, they now have a losing record at 1-2.

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