Volleyball Recap: Nine Straight Home Wins for Bolingbrook

By Team Reports May 17, 2025, 5:19am

Volleyball Recap: Bolingbrook Raiders vs. Plainfield South Cougars

There's no place like home for Bolingbrook, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Plainfield South Cougars on Thursday, sneaking past 2-1. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Raiders have posted since April 26th.

Bolingbrook had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-18, 25-18.

Bolingbrook's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dominik Pietruszewski led the charge by getting eight digs and one assist. Those eight digs gave Pietruszewski a new career-high.

Raiders

Previous Games (Home)

05/15/25 vs Plainfield South2-1
05/08/25 vs Joliet Central2-0
05/05/25 vs Hinsdale Central2-0
05/01/25 vs Romeoville2-0
04/24/25 vs Plainfield North2-1
+ 4 more games

Bolingbrook's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-6. As for Plainfield South, their loss dropped their record down to 18-11.

Coming up, Bolingbrook will challenge Joliet West at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Plainfield South, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory against Bradley-Bourbonnais on the 16th.

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