Volleyball Preview: River Forest Ingots vs. East Chicago Central Cardinals
River Forest is 3-0 against East Chicago Central since August of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The River Forest Ingots will head out to challenge the East Chicago Central Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Wednesday, everything went River Forest's way against Hammond Morton as River Forest made off with a 3-0 victory.
A big factor in the win was River Forest's feisty defense: they held Hammond Morton to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-18, 25-16.
River Forest was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, East Chicago Central entered their tilt with Gary West Side on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They came out on top against the Cougars by a score of 3-1.
In the three sets East Chicago Central was on fire: they won each by at least 14 points. The final score came out to 25-8, 16-25, 25-11, 25-6.
Ketzy Santiago-Rivera was the offensive standout of the game as she had ten digs.
River Forest's win ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-14. As for East Chicago Central, they pushed their record up to 9-12 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
River Forest was able to grind out a solid win over East Chicago Central when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for River Forest since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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