The Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings will venture away from home to take on the Lincoln-Way East Griffins at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Homewood-Flossmoor will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Homewood-Flossmoor and Lincoln-Way West met for a duel on Thursday where Homewood-Flossmoor came out on top. Homewood-Flossmoor took their contest against Lincoln-Way West 2-0.
Homewood-Flossmoor never let Lincoln-Way West on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Lincoln-Way East sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Providence Catholic on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Griffins.
Lincoln-Way East 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 24-26, 25-23, 15-7.
Lincoln-Way East's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Brooklyn Ritter, who had 12 digs and 13 assists, and Casey Twietmeyer, who had six digs and two aces. Twietmeyer has been hot recently, having posted two or more aces the last three times she's played.
Homewood-Flossmoor is on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-6 record this season. As for Lincoln-Way East, their win bumped their record up to 29-5.
Homewood-Flossmoor skirted past Lincoln-Way East 2-1 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Homewood-Flossmoor since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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