The Oak Park-River Forest Huskies will challenge the Harrisburg Tigers at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Oak Park-River Forest took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Whitney Young.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Oak Park-River Forest was: they took both sets by at least ten points. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Harrisburg put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Pierre T.F. Riggs with a sharp 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Harrisburg took every set by at least 14 points. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-4, 25-10.
Harrisburg's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Maggie Meister, who had 15 digs, and Josalyn Samuels, who had five digs, four kills, and 24 assists. Meister is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had ten or more in the last 22 games she's played dating back to last season.
Harrisburg was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 11 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 13 consecutive matches.
Oak Park-River Forest has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Harrisburg, they pushed their record up to 13-0 with the victory, which was their 24th straight at home dating back to last season.
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