The Heritage Hawks are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Unity Christian Lions at 7:00 p.m. The last three games Heritage has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Thursday, Heritage narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Oakland/Kansas/Shiloh 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Heritage who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 19-25, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Unity Christian put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond.
Unity Christian's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond between 17 and 19 points across their sets. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-19.
Unity Christian can attribute much of their success to Maddie Jones, who had ten digs and two aces, and Abby Jones, who had. That's the most aces Maddie has posted in her last eight games.
Unity Christian was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 29 consecutive contests.
Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-11-1 record this season. As for Unity Christian, their win was their 12th straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 29-0.
Heritage came up short against Unity Christian in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Heritage avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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