Cheney put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Haven Wildcats 2-1. That's more bragging rights for the Cardinals, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Cheney was staring down a 1-0 deficit headed into the second set, but they rallied to take the next three for the win. After all that action, the final score was 17-25, 25-10, 25-23.
Cheney found their leader in underclassman Kenadi Thome, who had 17 digs. Thome is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last five games she's played.
Cheney was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Cheney's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-0. As for Haven, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Cheney will take on Rose Hill at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Haven, they will look to defend their home court on Monday against Lyons. Haven is facing Lyons at the right time seeing as Lyons is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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