The Heritage Hawks will face off against the Cerro Gordo/Bement Broncos at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Heritage has six straight victories, Cerro Gordo/Bement has 14 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Heritage sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Okaw Valley.
Heritage had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-21, 26-24.
Heritage can attribute much of their success to Addison Hopper, who had 15 digs and two aces, and Bailee Lubben, who had nine digs and three aces. Hopper is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season.
Heritage 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 eight aces in six consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Cerro Gordo/Bement came up short against Sullivan on Thursday and fell 2-0.
While Cerro Gordo/Bement ultimately came up short, they didn't go down without a fight: they scored at least 19 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-20.
Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-10-1 record this season. As for Cerro Gordo/Bement, their loss dropped their record down to 3-21-1.
Heritage skirted past Cerro Gordo/Bement 2-1 when the teams last played back in September. 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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