St. Edward and Brevard HEAT are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2020, but not for long. The St. Edward's Pirates are taking a road trip to square off against the Brevard HEAT Firehawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: St. Edward's has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Brevard HEAT will arrive with 11 straight victories.
On Wednesday, St. Edward's didn't have quite enough to beat John Carroll Catholic and fell 3-2.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, St. Edward's sadly wound up on the wrong side. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 19-25, 25-20, 22-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Brevard HEAT got the win against Master's Academy on Tuesday by a conclusive 3-0.
The final score came out to 25-8, 25-23, 25-13.
Brevard HEAT relied on the efforts of Aine Hanley, who had four aces and three digs, and Haley Cowling, who had 14 digs. The dominant performance gave Hanley a new career-high in aces.
Brevard HEAT was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. They are a perfect 4-0 when they serve more than ten aces.
St. Edward's loss dropped their record down to 5-9. As for Brevard HEAT, they pushed their record up to 12-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
St. Edward's was able to grind out a solid victory over Brevard HEAT in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. Does St. Edward's have another victory up their sleeve, or will Brevard HEAT turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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