The Mountain Heritage Cougars will square off against the Draughn Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, Mountain Heritage didn't have quite enough to beat Madison and fell 3-2. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Mountain Heritage took Madison into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking eight-point loss. The final score came out to 25-16, 21-25, 16-25, 25-16, 15-7.
Meanwhile, Draughn waltzed into their game on Tuesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They put the hurt on the Dragons with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Draughn took every set by at least 13 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-10, 25-9, 25-12.
Draughn was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Mountain Heritage's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Draughn, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season.
Mountain Heritage suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Draughn in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Mountain Heritage avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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