The Heritage Hawks had Toledo Cumberland on the ropes on Thursday (Sept. 16), but couldn’t secure the volleyball win, suffering a 23-25, 25-21 25-21 setback at home.

Bri Struck collected a double-double for Heritage with 14 kills and 17 digs. She also had four blocks and two assists.

Mary Roland dished out 27 assists to go with five digs.

Kiley Knoll contributed seven kills, 11 digs, five service aces and three blocks. Adena Paul added five kills, two blocks and one ace.

“Tonight was a good learning experience,” Heritage coach Ryan Fitzgerald said. “We had a lot of time to prep for Cumberland and I thought from the first point, up until we led 20-15 in the third set, we had executed really well.

“What doomed us tonight was our fear of losing overtook our desire to win the match. Hats off to Cumberland, they have a great team, but I feel like this was a game we should have won and would have been a great resume builder for the postseason because Cumberland now sits at 12-2.”

Heritage (6-6-1) returns to action on Monday (Sept. 20) at Chrisman.

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The Heritage Hawks finished 1-3-1 on Saturday (Sept. 4) at the Altamont Tournament.

In Pool Play, Heritage lost to Altamont (21-9, 21-18) and Armstrong-Potomac (21-19, 21-19) and tied Cerro Gordo (19-21, 21-14).

In Bracket Play, the Hawks topped Greenville (25-22, 25-15) before losing a rematch with Cerro Gordo (25-21, 25-16).

For the five tourney matches, Kiley Knoll totaled 27 kills, Bryn Wyant had 19 kills, Adena Paul had 14 kills and Torie Rothermel added 10 kills.

Mary Roland handed out 57 assists for the day.

Lilli Montgomery ended with 43 digs. Knoll had 27 digs, Roland had 25 digs, Wyant had 15 digs and Destanee Morgan had 10 digs.

Rothermel led the Hawks with six blocks. Paul collected four blocks.

Heritage totaled 21 aces for the tournament, led by Roland with eight. Paul served five aces. Knoll and Wyant each landed three aces and Rothermel finished with two aces.

Heritage (4-5-1) returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 7) at Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin.

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The Heritage Hawks rebounded from a one-set deficit on Tuesday (Aug. 31) to post a win at Oakwood, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22.

The offensive assault was sparked by Kiley Knoll (11 kills), Adena Paul (nine  kills) and Torie Rothermel (six kills).

Mary Nolan handed out 29 assists to go with nine digs. Knoll also totaled nine digs.

Paul contributed six service aces and two blocks.

“We finally got something going,” Heritage coach Ryan Fitzgerald said. “Tonight was the best team effort we have had all season.

“With a couple absent from my starting lineup, Destanee Morgan stepped in to contribute. It would be impossible to pick a player of the match, there were so many contributions from everyone. This is what we really needed.”

On Wednesday (Sept.), Heritage secured a two-set sweep at home over Fisher, 25-20, 25-7.

Roland piled up 18 assists, nine service aces and six digs. Knoll chipped in with six kills, six digs and two aces. Bryn Wyant added four kills and three digs.

Heritage (4-3) returns to action on Saturday (Sept. 4) at the Altamont Invitational.

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