Sandburg and Minooka are an even 3-3 against one another since August of 2017, but not for long. The Sandburg Eagles will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Minooka Indians at 8:00 a.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Wednesday, it was close, but Sandburg sidestepped Yorkville for a 2-1 victory.
Sandburg had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 14-25, 27-25, 25-15.
Meanwhile, Minooka had just enough and edged Joliet Central out 2-1 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Indians.
In the two sets Minooka was on fire: they won each by at least 11 points. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-10, 25-14.
Minooka can attribute much of their success to Kira Cailteux, who had nine digs and two aces, and Maddie Dostall, who had six digs and four aces. What's more, Dostall also racked up no blocks, the mostshe's had since September 13th.
Minooka was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're ace total in three consecutive matches.
Sandburg's win bumped their record up to 6-7. As for Minooka, their victory bumped their record up to 10-7.
Sandburg came up short against Minooka in their previous matchup back in August, falling 2-0. Can Sandburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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