The Hiland Hawks are taking a road trip to challenge the Tuscarawas Valley Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Hiland comes in on six and Tuscarawas Valley on three.
Last Thursday, Hiland sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Garaway.
Hiland wouldn't go down easily and took Garaway into a fifth set where they got it done with a three-point win. The final score came out to 23-25, 26-24, 23-25, 26-24, 15-12.
Hiland found their leader in underclassman Olivia Miller, who had 20 digs, three aces, and a kill. That's the most aces Miller has posted in her last seven matchups.
Hiland was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in 13 consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Tuscarawas Valley made easy work of Dover on Monday and carried off a 3-0 victory.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-22, 25-23.
Hiland pushed their record up to 14-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Tuscarawas Valley, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Hiland suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Tuscarawas Valley when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tuscarawas Valley's Aubrie Barr, who had 22 digs and two aces. Now that Hiland knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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