Volleyball Preview: Downers Grove North Trojans vs. Oak Park-River Forest Huskies
Downers Grove North and Oak Park-River Forest are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Downers Grove North Trojans will square off against the Oak Park-River Forest Huskies at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Downers Grove North will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
Downers Grove North is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Hinsdale Central.
Downers Grove North's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Hinsdale Central between 17 and 18 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 25-18.
Lyons typically has all the answers at home, but on Thursday Oak Park-River Forest proved too difficult a challenge. They had just enough and edged the Lions out 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Huskies.
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 25-16, 27-29, 25-19.
Kate Bailitz and Devyn Kleidon were among the main playmakers for Oak Park-River Forest as the former had 23 digs and the latter had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces Kleidon has posted in her last eight matchups.
Downers Grove North pushed their record up to 24-11 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Oak Park-River Forest, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-16 record this season.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's contest: Downers Grove North has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 4.8 aces per game. However, it's not like Oak Park-River Forest struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Downers Grove North beat Oak Park-River Forest 2-0 when the teams last played back in October. The rematch might be a little tougher for Downers Grove North 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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