Volleyball Game Preview: Dundee-Crown Chargers vs. Central Rockets + How To Watch

The Dundee-Crown Chargers will face off against the Central Rockets at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Dundee-Crown is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.

Dundee-Crown will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Prairie Ridge, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. The Chargers sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over the Wolves on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Chargers have posted against the Wolves since October 13, 2022.

It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Dundee-Crown got the one that really mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 27-25, 21-25, 25-20.

Maura Minogue

Digs

10/21/25 @ Prairie Ridge	26
10/18/25 vs Leyden	4
10/18/25 @ Fenton	3
10/18/25 vs South Elgin	14
10/18/25 @ Regina Dominican	12
+ 3 more games

Maura Minogue and Nina Marcanti were among the main playmakers for Dundee-Crown as the former had 26 digs and three assists and the latter had eight digs and three aces. That's the most digs Minogue has posted over her last eight matches.

Central had taken Crystal Lake Central down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Tuesday. The Rockets fell 2-0 to the Tigers. The defeat continues a trend for the Rockets in their meetings with the Tigers: they've now lost three in a row.

The match finished with set scores of 25-9, 25-7.

Central's loss dropped their record down to 17-14. As for Dundee-Crown, their victory bumped their record up to 16-17.

Dundee-Crown couldn't quite get it done against Central when the teams last played back in September as they fell 2-0. Will the Chargers have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.