Volleyball Game Preview: Belleville East Lancers vs. Edwardsville Tigers

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Previous Games

04/29/25 - Home	2-0 W
05/14/24 - Home	2-0 W
04/23/24 - Away	2-0 W
05/23/23 - Away	2-1 W
05/16/23 - Away	2-0 W
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Belleville East has gone a perfect 10-0 against Edwardsville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Lancers will head out to take on the Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Belleville East sitting on three straight wins and Edwardsville on six.

Belleville East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: O'Fallon, who was ranked 14th at the time (Belleville East was ranked 25th). The Lancers came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 2-0 on Wednesday.

Belleville East not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept O'Fallon to exactly 20 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-20, 25-20.

Meanwhile, Edwardsville beat Belleville West 2-0 on Thursday.

While Edwardsville might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Belleville West scored at least 20 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-20.

Belleville East's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 23-7. As for Edwardsville, their win bumped their record up to 22-11.

Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's game: Belleville East has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 5.7 aces per game. However, it's not like Edwardsville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.5 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.

Belleville East was able to grind out a solid victory over Edwardsville in their previous matchup back in April, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Lancers since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.