Volleyball Game Preview: Normal Community Ironmen vs. Belleville East Lancers + How To Watch

The Normal Community Ironmen will face off against the Belleville East Lancers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Normal Community is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last eight games.

Normal Community is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Minooka. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Ironmen have posted against the Indians since October 24, 2015.

Meanwhile, Belleville East hadn't done well against Edwardsville recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Lancers walked away with a 2-0 win over the Tigers.

Normal Community's victory bumped their record up to 33-5. As for Belleville East, their win bumped their record up to 30-8.

Normal Community came out on top in a nail-biter against Belleville East when the teams last played back in September of 2022, sneaking past 2-1. Do the Ironmen have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Lancers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.