The Mascoutah Indians will take on the Mahomet-Seymour Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Mascoutah sitting on 12 straight victories and Mahomet-Seymour on 16.
Mascoutah is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against Waterloo by a score of 2-0.
While Mascoutah might've won, it sure wasn't easy: Waterloo scored at least 19 points in every set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-19.
Mascoutah's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Alexis Rynders led the charge by getting ten digs.
Mascoutah kept the net locked down and finished the game with 14 blocks. That's the most blocks they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Mahomet-Seymour faced Normal University in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Mahomet-Seymour won by a set and slipped past Normal University 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Mahomet-Seymour who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 20-25, 27-25.
Mascoutah has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 32-7 record this season. As for Mahomet-Seymour, they pushed their record up to 36-3 with the win, which was their 14th straight at home.
Mascoutah came up short against Mahomet-Seymour when the teams last played back in September of 2022, falling 2-0. Can Mascoutah avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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