Volleyball Recap: West Chicago Wildcats vs. Glenbard East Rams
West Chicago came into Thursday's contest having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Glenbard East Rams on Thursday, sneaking past 2-1. That's more bragging rights for the Wildcats, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
West Chicago had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 17-25, 25-18, 29-27.
Among those leading the charge was Sophia Newell, who had ten digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
West Chicago's win bumped their record up to 9-14. As for Glenbard East, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-20.
West Chicago will face off against Hoffman Estates at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. West Chicago is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses. After both having extra time off, Glenbard East and Fenton will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Glenbard East is facing Fenton at the right time seeing as Fenton is stuck on a nine-game losing streak.
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