Volleyball Recap: Oak Park-River Forest Gets the Win

By Team Reports Oct 15, 2024, 12:17pm

Volleyball Recap: Oak Park-River Forest Huskies vs. Willowbrook Warriors

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Willowbrook typically has all the answers at home, but on Friday Oak Park-River Forest proved too difficult a challenge. They skirted past the Willowbrook Warriors 2-1. For the Huskies, this counts as revenge for the 2-1 defeat the Warriors walked away with the last time they faced one another back in November of 2023.

It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Oak Park-River Forest got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 26-24, 23-25, 25-21.

Kate Bailitz was a one-man wrecking crew for Oak Park-River Forest as she had 19 digs.

Despite the loss, Willowbrook saw an underclassman step up: Melanie Marinier had ten digs.

Oak Park-River Forest has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Willowbrook, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5.

Oak Park-River Forest wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, a 2-0 loss against Lyons on the 8th. Willowbrook has also already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Glenbard East on the 7th.

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