Heritage is 8-2 against Pittsburg since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Heritage Patriots and the Pittsburg Pirates are set to duel. Heritage will be strutting in after a victory while Pittsburg will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Tuesday, Heritage made easy work of Deer Valley and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
Heritage's got stronger as the match went on, holding Deer Valley to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-14, 25-13.
Heritage's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Elina Buganan Cook, who had three aces and 11 assists. That's the most aces Buganan Cook has posted in her last seven games.
Heritage was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Pittsburg was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 17th straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Freedom.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-15, 25-12, 25-12.
Heritage's victory bumped their record up to 15-11. As for Pittsburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-17.
Everything went Heritage's way against Pittsburg when the teams last played back in September, as Heritage made off with a 3-0 win. Does Heritage have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pittsburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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