Hammond Bishop Noll is 9-1 against Hobart since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Hammond Bishop Noll Warriors will square off against the Hobart Brickies at 9:00 a.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hammond Bishop Noll has 11 straight wins, Hobart has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Thursday, Hammond Bishop Noll got the win against Lake Station Edison by a conclusive 3-0.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Hammond Bishop Noll took every set by at least 20 points. After all that action, the final score was 25-4, 25-5, 25-4.
Hammond Bishop Noll can attribute much of their success to Addison Clark, who had ten digs and five aces. Clark is on a roll when it comes to aces, as she's now served two or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Raniyah Preston, who hit 87.5% for seven kills, six aces, and 25 assists.
She wasn't the only one working in the hitting percentage department: Hammond Bishop Noll couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 60.7% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 29.7% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 42.1%.
Meanwhile, Hobart lost 3-0 to Kankakee Valley on Thursday.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-12, 25-15, 26-24.
Hammond Bishop Noll pushed their record up to 14-2 with that victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. As for Hobart, their loss dropped their record down to 7-6.
Hammond Bishop Noll was able to grind out a solid win over Hobart in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Hammond Bishop Noll repeat their success, or does Hobart have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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