Thornwood and Lincoln-Way East squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but Thornwood had to settle for second. They fell 2-0 to the Lincoln-Way East Griffins. The Thunderbirds haven't had much luck with the Griffins recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-12.
Ashley Phillips paced Thornwood's offense, picking up three kills. Phillips got some help from
Autumn Arnold and her four assists.
Zion Chears controlled things from the service line, finishing with two aces.
Lincoln-Way East can attribute much of their success to Stella Drozd, who had four aces. That's the most aces Drozd has posted since back in September of 2023.
The loss snapped Thornwood's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 19-18 record. As for Lincoln-Way East, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 21 of their last 23 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 31-5 record this season.
Thornwood does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Lincoln-Way East, they will take on Shepard at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lincoln-Way East comes in on four and Shepard on three.
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