Heritage's game last Tuesday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Knightdale Knights with a sharp 3-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Huskies, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Heritage was: they took every set by at least 14 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-8, 25-6, 25-11.
Heritage can attribute much of their success to Taylor Vrba, who had eight aces. The dominant performance gave Vrba a new career-high in aces.
Heritage couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 56.1% of their attack attempts. That's the best hitting percentage they've posted all season.
Calise Jenkins and Natalie Yount certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Jenkins had 25 digs, while Yount had 20 digs. With that strong performance, Yount is now averaging an impressive 13.5 digs per game.
Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Knightdale, they are on a 33-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-12.
Heritage will head out to take on Wake Forest at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Knightdale, they will welcome Rolesville at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Rolesville is coming into the matchup with four straight losses on the road, meaning Knightdale will have to defend against a squad hungry for a win.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
