Volleyball Preview: Normal West Wildcats vs. O'Fallon Panthers
Normal West has won 15 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while O'Fallon has won 15 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Normal West Wildcats will welcome the O'Fallon Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Normal West is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top against Normal Community by a score of 2-0.
Normal West got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 30-28.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday O'Fallon sidestepped Belleville West for a 2-1 victory.
O'Fallon 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 18-25, 25-17, 27-25.
Normal West has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 19 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 35-3 record this season. As for O'Fallon, their win bumped their record up to 24-14.
Normal West was able to grind out a solid victory over O'Fallon when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Normal West repeat their success, or does O'Fallon have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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