Sterling Heights won the last time they faced New Haven, and things went their way on Thursday too. The Sterling Heights Stallions beat the New Haven Rockets by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 3-2. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Stallions.
Sterling Heights was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 22-25, 27-25, 22-25, 25-16, 15-13.
Sterling Heights was led to victory by Valentina Jarbou and Migena Gojcaj. Jarbou had 28 digs, three kills, and three aces, while Gojcaj had eight digs, seven aces, and four kills. The dominant performance also gave Jarbou a new career-high in hitting percentage.
Sterling Heights was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 24 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Sterling Heights has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season. As for New Haven, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-6.
Sterling Heights does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for New Haven, they will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Merritt Academy at 5:30 p.m. The last four games New Haven has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
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