The Eureka Wildcats will head out to square off against the Lindbergh Flyers at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. Eureka is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.
Eureka is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Kirkwood, who was ranked 19th at the time (Eureka was ranked 22nd). The Wildcats fell just short of the Pioneers by a score of 3-2 on Wednesday. Give some credit to the fans of both teams: the last four times they've met, the home team has come away the winner.
Eureka wouldn't go down easily and took Kirkwood into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 16-25, 25-22, 25-18, 18-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lindbergh, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. Everything went their way against Northwest on Monday as they made off with a 3-0 victory. The Flyers haven't had any issues with the Lions recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Lindbergh never let Northwest on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-15, 25-15.
Eureka's loss dropped their record down to 12-7. As for Lindbergh, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 22-2.
Eureka suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lindbergh when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can the Wildcats avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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