Highland waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Everything went their way against the Cuyahoga Falls Black Tigers as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The Hornets have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Black Tigers, too.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Highland was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-10, 25-2.
Leading Highland to victory were Ashley Shefferly and Carley Niese. Shefferly had seven digs, five aces, and two kills, while Niese had five digs and three aces. Shefferly is also on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last 45 games she's played dating back to last season.
Highland couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 46.3% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in September of 2023.
Highland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Cuyahoga Falls, their loss was their ninth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-19.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Highland will welcome Aurora at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. As for Cuyahoga Falls, they will look to defend their home court on Thursday against Barberton at 7:00 p.m. Cuyahoga Falls is facing Barberton at the right time seeing as Barberton is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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