Heritage Hills and Mt. Vernon are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2018, but not for long. The Heritage Hills Patriots will take on the Mt. Vernon Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mt. Vernon took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Heritage Hills, who comes in off a win.
Heritage Hills and South Spencer met for a duel on Saturday where Heritage Hills came out on top. Heritage Hills walked away with a 2-0 win over South Spencer.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Heritage Hills took both sets by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-12.
Meanwhile, Mt. Vernon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Evansville North.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-13, 25-17.
Heritage Hills pushed their record up to 20-9 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Mt. Vernon, their loss dropped their record down to 4-20.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's match: Heritage Hills has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 6.4 aces per game. However, it's not like Mt. Vernon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.2. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Everything went Heritage Hills' way against Mt. Vernon in their previous meeting back in September, as Heritage Hills made off with a 3-0 win. Will Heritage Hills repeat their success, or does Mt. Vernon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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