Cocoa Beach was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They fell 3-1 to the Heritage Panthers. The Minutemen were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Panthers apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in August of 2024.
The match finished with set scores of 25-13, 25-18, 23-25, 25-19.
Emily Fitzpatrick paced Cocoa Beach's offense, picking up eight kills. Fitzpatrick got some help from Tayber Diffenthal and her 15 assists. Taegan Paglialonga controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.
Heritage was led to victory by Eva Vuichald and Kyra Davis. Vuichald had 14 digs and four aces, while Davis had 22 kills, 12 digs, and three aces. The dominant performance also gave Davis a new career-high in assists (eight). Amber Gunter was another key player, getting 22 digs and three aces.
Cocoa Beach's loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Heritage, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 4-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Cocoa Beach will head out to take on Pineapple Cove Classical Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Heritage, they will venture away from home to square off against Cocoa at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
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