Desert Heights Prep entered their matchup against North Phoenix Preparatory Academy on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Desert Heights Prep Yote took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the North Phoenix Preparatory Academy Gladiators. The loss continues a trend for the Yote in their matchups with the Gladiators: they've now lost six in a row.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 23-25, 25-14, 25-19.
Lily Fjell paced Desert Heights Prep's offense, picking up 14 kills. Fjell got some help from
Libby Saunders and her 14 assists. Fjell was also solid from the service line: she led the team with three aces.
North Phoenix Preparatory Academy was led to victory by Coco Veatch and Brianna Ploederl. Veatch had 21 digs and two aces, while Ploederl had ten digs. That's the most aces Veatch has posted since back in September.
Desert Heights Prep's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5. As for North Phoenix Preparatory Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season.
Desert Heights Prep will be playing in front of their home fans against Music Mountain at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Music Mountain is coming into the contest with six straight losses on the road, meaning Desert Heights Prep will have to defend against a team hungry for a victory. As for North Phoenix Preparatory Academy, they will host Bagdad at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
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