On Friday Highland will have to hit the road after six straight games at home. They will venture away from home to face off against the Eastern Mennonite Flames at 4:30 p.m. Highland will be strutting in after a win while Eastern Mennonite will be coming in after a defeat.
On Thursday, everything went Highland's way against Wakefield School as Highland made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Highland was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-11, 25-13.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Highland to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sarah Johnson, who had three aces, a kill, and 27 assists. Johnson is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Ava Lewinsohn, who had five aces and two kills.
She wasn't the only good server: Highland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 17 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in seven consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Eastern Mennonite's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Miller School of Albemarle by a score of 3-2.
Eastern Mennonite started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-27, 25-20, 25-14, 17-15.
Highland's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-3. As for Eastern Mennonite, their loss dropped their record down to 8-4.
Highland might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Eastern Mennonite in their previous matchup back in October of 2015. Can Highland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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