Volleyball Preview: Evergreen Park Mustangs vs. Wilmington Wildcats
The Evergreen Park Mustangs will face off against the Wilmington Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Evergreen Park took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Richards by a score of 2-0.
Evergreen Park easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-14.
Meanwhile, Wilmington had just enough and edged Streator out 2-1 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Wilmington 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 20-25, 25-20, 25-17.
Wilmington can attribute much of their success to Addison Billingsley, who had 11 digs and ten assists, and Sami Liaromatis, who had six digs and two aces.
They weren't the only good server: Wilmington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in seven consecutive matchups.
Evergreen Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 26-6 record this season. As for Wilmington, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-8.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Evergreen Park has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8 aces per game. However, it's not like Wilmington struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.7. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Evergreen Park skirted past Wilmington 2-1 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Does Evergreen Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wilmington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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