Heritage and Independence are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2020, but not for long. The Heritage Coyotes will head out on the road to take on the Independence Knights at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Tuesday, Heritage didn't have quite enough to beat Emerson and fell 3-2. While the Coyotes didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Mavericks 25-17 in the first set.
Heritage started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 17-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-23, 15-11.
Heritage's loss came about despite a quality game from Candace Jones, who had six digs and four aces. That's the most aces Jones has posted since back in September.
Even though they lost, Heritage was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Independence was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They came up short against Centennial, falling 3-0.
Independence was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the first set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-17, 25-15.
Heritage's loss dropped their record down to 16-16. As for Independence, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-13.
Heritage was able to grind out a solid win over Independence in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Heritage since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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