Highlands entered their tilt with Newport Central Catholic on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds as they made off with a 3-0 victory. That's more bragging rights for the Bluebirds, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Highlands was: they took every set by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 25-10, 25-12.
Highlands' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Hayden Gessner led the charge by getting 11 digs and two aces. Gessner is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 11 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Highlands was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive contests.
Several Thoroughbreds players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Vivi Fassler, who had seven digs and 11 assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Jordyn Reckers, who had ten digs.
Highlands has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-9 record this season. As for Newport Central Catholic, their loss dropped their record down to 15-21.
As of now, neither Highlands nor Newport Central Catholic have any future games scheduled.
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