Highlands and Beechwood are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2018, but not for long. The Highlands Bluebirds will head out on the road to face off against the Beechwood Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Highlands comes in on five and Beechwood on four.
Highlands is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Lafayette, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Highlands was ranked 24th). Highlands came out on top against Lafayette by a score of 2-0 on Saturday.
Highlands never let Lafayette on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 29-27, 25-14.
Highlands can attribute much of their success to Hayden Gessner, who had 11 digs, and Mia Perron, who had ten digs.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Beechwood faced off against Conner on Thursday. Beechwood put the hurt on Conner with a sharp 3-0 victory. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Tigers have posted against the Cougars since October 6, 2020.
Highlands has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 25-8 record this season. As for Beechwood, they pushed their record up to 21-7 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Highlands came up short against Beechwood in their previous meeting last Saturday, falling 2-0. Can Highlands avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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