The IC Catholic Prep Knights will square off against the Mother McAuley Mighty Macs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. IC Catholic Prep is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
On Monday, IC Catholic Prep didn't have quite enough to beat Chicago Christian and fell 2-1.
IC Catholic Prep started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-23, 25-8.
Mother McAuley won the last time they faced Downers Grove North and Lucy Maloney did her part to make sure it happened again. The Mighty Macs came out on top against the Trojans by a score of 2-0 on Tuesday with plenty of help from Maloney, who had 13 digs and one assist. She has been hot for a while, having posted ten or more digs the last 19 times she's played.
Mother McAuley not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Downers Grove North between 16 and 18 points across their sets. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 25-18.
Mother McAuley's victory bumped their record up to 23-3. As for IC Catholic Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-16.
IC Catholic Prep couldn't quite get it done against Mother McAuley when the teams last played back in October of 2024 as they fell 2-0. Can the Knights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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