St. Laurence is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Lemont is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The St. Laurence Vikings will welcome the Lemont Lemont HS at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Laurence is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top against Montini Catholic by a score of 2-0.
While St. Laurence won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-18.
Natalie Martinez and Julie Marquez were among the main playmakers for St. Laurence as the former had five digs and three aces and the latter had four aces and three digs. That's the most aces Martinez has posted in her last seven matchups.
Meanwhile, Lemont earned a 2-0 victory over Kaneland on Tuesday.
Lemont easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The final score came out to 25-8, 25-17.
Lemont is on a roll lately: they've won 20 of their last 22 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 30-7 record this season. As for St. Laurence, their win bumped their record up to 30-5.
St. Laurence was able to grind out a solid victory over Lemont when the teams last played back in August, winning 2-0. Will St. Laurence repeat their success, or does Lemont have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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