Sandy Creek extended their postseason success on Saturday against Heritage. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Heritage Generals. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
Sandy Creek 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 15-25, 26-24, 25-12, 25-20.
Sandy Creek was led to victory by Nina Atkins and Alexis Mitchell. Atkins had six digs and three aces, while Mitchell had seven digs and two aces. That's the most aces Atkins has posted since back in August.
Sandy Creek 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 six consecutive games.
Sandy Creek is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-24 record this season. As for Heritage, their defeat dropped their record down to 27-6.
Sandy Creek is taking a road trip to challenge Academy of Richmond County at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Academy of Richmond County is coming into the contest with ten straight victories at home, so Sandy Creek will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. Heritage does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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