The Bolingbrook Raiders and the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings are set to duel on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, Bolingbrook beat Joliet Central 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raiders.
The win didn't come easy: Joliet Central scored at least 16 points in every set. The final score came out to 25-16, 25-13.
Bolingbrook's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Clara Wiese, who had three digs and three aces, and Elyssa Park, who had ten digs and two aces. Those three aces gave Wiese a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Homewood-Flossmoor had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Chargers out 2-1.
Homewood-Flossmoor had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-20, 25-13.
The victory got Bolingbrook back to even at 13-13. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 22-6 record this season.
Bolingbrook came up short against Homewood-Flossmoor in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Bolingbrook avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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