Volleyball Preview: Plainfield South Cougars vs. Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers
The Plainfield South Cougars will head out to challenge the Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Plainfield South beat Joliet Central 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cougars.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Plainfield South took both sets by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-13.
Plainfield South found their leader in underclassman Bri Furto, who had eight aces. The dominant performance gave Furto a new career-high in aces. Another player making a difference was Grace Malek, who had six kills and two aces.
Plainfield South was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in six consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Wheaton-Warrenville South was able to grind out a solid victory over Streamwood on Thursday, taking the game 2-0.
The 2-0 doesn't show just how dominant Wheaton-Warrenville South was: they took both sets by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-8.
Plainfield South's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. As for Wheaton-Warrenville South, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
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