Heights is 0-10 against Bellaire since September of 2019 but things could change on Tuesday. The Heights Bulldogs are taking a road trip to square off against the Bellaire Cardinals at 4:30 p.m.
Last Friday, Heights came up short against Lamar and fell 3-1.
While Heights had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least ten points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 21-25, 25-10, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Bellaire entered their tilt with Cesar E. Chavez on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Everything went their way against the Lobos as they made off with a 3-0 win.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Bellaire was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-6, 25-13.
Bellaire found their leader in underclassman Allison Barker, who had eight aces and three digs. With that strong performance, Barker is now averaging an impressive 2.2 aces per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Caitrin Tan, who had three digs and two aces.
Bellaire couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 43.8% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 14.9% earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 42.1%.
Heights' defeat dropped their record down to 11-18. As for Bellaire, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season.
Heights suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Bellaire when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Heights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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