Heritage won the last time they faced Cumberland, and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Heritage Hawks skirted past the Cumberland Pirates 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Heritage got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 23-25, 27-25.
Heritage was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in nine consecutive matches.
Heritage is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 16-11-1 record this season. As for Cumberland, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-19-1.
Heritage has already played their next matchup, a 2-1 win against Oakland/Kansas/Shiloh on the 10th. As for Cumberland, they and Casey-Westfield are set to duel on Monday. Casey-Westfield is coming into the game with four straight victories on the road, so Cumberland will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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