Heath and Northridge are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but not for long. The Heath Bulldogs will face off against the Northridge Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Tuesday, Heath didn't have quite enough to beat Granville and fell 3-2. The Bulldogs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Heath actually scored more points across those five sets (107-104), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 18-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-11.
Meanwhile, everything went Northridge's way against Zanesville on Tuesday as Northridge made off with a 3-0 victory.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Northridge was: they took every set by at least 13 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-2, 25-12, 25-3.
Northridge can attribute much of their success to Maddie Mccarthy, who had four digs and four aces. The dominant performance gave Mccarthy a new career-high in aces.
Northridge was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 27 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Heath's defeat dropped their record down to 9-9. As for Northridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Heath came up short against Northridge in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Can Heath avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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