The Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings will square off against the Bradley-Bourbonnais Boilermakers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
The home team had won the previous three meetings between Homewood-Flossmoor and Lincoln-Way Central, and Lincoln-Way Central kept the tradition alive. The Vikings fell 2-0 to the Knights on Wednesday.
The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Bradley-Bourbonnais had already won five in a row and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They came within a single set of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Thunderbolts. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Boilermakers have posted since October 19, 2024.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Bradley-Bourbonnais got the one that really mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 23-25, 25-13.
Homewood-Flossmoor better keep an eye on Lydia Hammond. She was instrumental in Bradley-Bourbonnais' win, getting 15 digs and six assists. Those six assists gave Hammond a new career-high. Ella Haas also deserves some recognition as she had her first block of the season.
Homewood-Flossmoor has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 12-13 record this season. As for Bradley-Bourbonnais, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 17-7.
Homewood-Flossmoor beat Bradley-Bourbonnais 2-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2024. Do the Vikings have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Boilermakers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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