Volleyball Game Preview: Lakes Eagles vs. Grayslake North Knights

By Team Reports Oct 26, 2024, 2:16am

Volleyball Preview: Lakes Eagles vs. Grayslake North Knights

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Lakes is 8-2 against Grayslake North since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Last Wednesday, Lakes beat Marian Central Catholic 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.

Lakes got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 32-30, 25-14.

Lakes' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Sammi Madsen, who had five aces, and McKenzie Matzl, who had seven digs. The dominant performance gave Madsen a new career-high in aces.

Meanwhile, Grayslake North earned a 2-0 victory over Zion-Benton on Tuesday.

Grayslake North easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-19.

Lakes' win bumped their record up to 19-14. As for Grayslake North, their victory bumped their record up to 11-23.

Lakes was able to grind out a solid win over Grayslake North when the teams last played back in September, winning 2-0. Does Lakes have another victory up their sleeve, or will Grayslake North turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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