Heritage hadn't done well against Melbourne recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. The Heritage Panthers came out on top in a nail-biter against the Melbourne Bulldogs , sneaking past 3-2. For the Panthers, this counts as revenge for the 3-0 loss the Bulldogs walked away with the last time they faced one another two weeks ago.
Heritage was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 25-14, 19-25, 25-18, 15-7.
Leading Heritage to victory were Kyra Davis and Chloe Williams. Davis had 24 kills, 15 digs, and seven aces, while Williams had 22 digs, two kills, and 39 assists. Williams is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 13 or more in the last 32 games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Amber Gunter, who had 24 digs, two aces, and a kill.
She wasn't the only good server: Heritage was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
The victory made it two in a row for Heritage and bumps their season record up to 12-9. As for Melbourne, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
As of now, neither Heritage nor Melbourne have any future games scheduled.
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