Volleyball Preview: Arlington Heights Yellowjackets vs. Polytechnic Parrots
Arlington Heights is 10-0 against Polytechnic since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Arlington Heights Yellowjackets will welcome the Polytechnic Parrots at 7:00 p.m. Arlington Heights will be looking to keep their 11-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Arlington Heights is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Paschal just ended the team's 12-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers. While the Yellowjackets didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Panthers 25-23 in the first set.
Arlington Heights started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-17, 25-18, 25-13.
Meanwhile, Polytechnic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of South Hills by a score of 3-2.
Polytechnic wouldn't go down easily and took South Hills into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-18, 22-25, 21-25, 15-11.
Arlington Heights' loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 22-11. As for Polytechnic, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-22.
Arlington Heights took their win against Polytechnic in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 3-0. Will Arlington Heights repeat their success, or does Polytechnic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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