Illinois High School Volleyball - Illinois Lutheran over Thornton Fractional North
September 4, 2021: Calumet City, IL 60409 In Saturday's non-league contest, the Illinois Lutheran Chargers (Crete, IL) volleyball squad knocked off the host Thornton Fractional North Meteors (Calumet City, IL), by a margin of 2-0.
Next up, the Chargers battle the Watseka Warriors (Watseka, IL) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, September 4. Illinois Lutheran will attempt to better on its 6-3 season record. The Warriors come into the contest with a 1-3 record after their 2-1 non-league loss to Paxton-Buckley-Loda (Paxton, IL).
With the loss, Thornton Fractional North drops to 2-3 on the campaign. The Meteors travel to Clifton Central (Clifton, IL) to battle the Comets in a non-league contest on Saturday, September 4. The Comets come into the contest with a record of 1-6. Clifton Central won 2-1 in their recent league contest against Tri-Point (Cullom, IL)
Match Summary
In the last match of pool play at the Manteno Early Bird Invite, the Chargers played Thornton Fractional North. The Chargers took control in the first set winning 25-15, but found themselves trailing in the second set 11-16 before back to back 6 point serving runs by Hannah Nagle and Zoe Biesterfeld finished the set for the Chargers with a 25-18 win.
