The Streator Bulldogs will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Wilmington Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. The last four games Streator has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Saturday, Streator didn't have quite enough to beat Peoria Christian and fell 2-1. While the Bulldogs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Chargers 25-20 in the first set.
Streator started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-17, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Wilmington had just enough and edged Newark out 2-1 on Saturday.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (55-51) Wilmington actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 11-25, 25-21, 15-9.
Streator now has a losing record at 12-13-5. As for Wilmington, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-8 record this season.
Streator came up short against Wilmington in their previous meeting back in September, falling 2-0. Can Streator avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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