Heartland Volleyball Sweetheart Special Tournament

The Heartland 171 volleyball girls had another great showing and the Sweetheart Speical tournament in Springfield, NE. They started things off by defeating Bellevue Black 26-24 and 25-10 in the first match. They then went on to beat Lincoln Heat 26-16 and 25-18. The last match of pool play against the Nebraska Dominators started off with a loss 23-25, but the girls came back to win the second game 25-21 to advance to the championship bracket.

They faced Bellevue Purple the 1st match of the championship round who knock HVC out of the championship last week at Digfest. This week Heartland got their revenge by winning 25-19 and 25-22 to advance to the championship match against the Nebraska Dominators. Heartland suffered two tough losses 17-25 and 24-26, but they all played hard and never gave up all day.

Lindsay made several great digs, and Tonya, Heather, Maria, Anna, Amanda, Kali and Katie all played strong at the net. Amber made several nice sets to set up kills too. The parents even got involved to add a little more spark.