Licking Heights entered their tilt with Licking Valley on Thursday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They came out on top against the Licking Valley Panthers by a score of 3-1. That's more bragging rights for the Hornets, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Licking Heights had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 20-25, 25-21, 25-12, 25-23.
Ava Von Bargen was nothing short of spectacular: she had 28 digs. She is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Licking Heights was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 15 consecutive games.
Licking Valley lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Kendall Tucker, who had 15 digs and two aces. The team also got some help courtesy of Sophia Stokes, who had 12 digs and four aces.
Licking Heights has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7 record this season. As for Licking Valley, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-9.
Licking Heights has already played their next contest, a 3-2 win against Mt. Vernon on the 8th. As for Licking Valley, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 3-1 defeat against Tri-Valley on the 7th.
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