The first round of sub-district play started out all in the Huskie’s favor.  However, after quickly taking the first two sets, the Huskies then dropped the next two sets to make this first round game more of a nail biter than the Huskies had hoped for.  In the end, the Huskies took over the fifth set and will move on to the next round as they defeated the Palmer Tigers 25-21, 25-17, 11-25, 22-25 and 15-4.
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Sara Brune led the Huskies tonight with 21 kills, 13 digs and 3 blocks.
It was a longer game than the Huskies had hoped, but they will step up their game as they head back to Central City to play the winner of High Plains and Cedar Valley tomorrow night at 7pm. Â The winner of tomorrow nights game will head into District Finals on Thursday. Â Go Huskies!
UPDATE: Heartland will play Cedar Valley tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Central City.
Heartland vs. Palmer Statistics
Hitting (Kills/Attempts/Errors/Percentage): M. Dick 9-19-4-.260, S. Brune 21-53-10-.210, A. Kroeker 8-33-2-.180, M. Janzen 5-14-2-.170
Assists: A. Bittinger 27, M. Huebert 12
Digs: S. Brune 13, M. Dick 13, B. van den Berg 12, M. Janzen 6
Blocks:Â A. Kroeker 5, S. Brune 3, M. Dick 2
Serve Receive: S. Brune 24, M. Janzen 20, B. van den Berg 17, M. Dick 15, S. Buller 11
Ace Serves: A. Kroeker 3, B. van den Berg 3, M. Janzen 3, M. Dick 2
