Southwestern and Metro-East Lutheran are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2015, but not for long. The Southwestern Piasa Birds are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Metro-East Lutheran Knights at 5:00 p.m. Southwestern will be strutting in after a win while Metro-East Lutheran will be coming in after a loss.
On Tuesday, Southwestern beat Gillespie 2-0.
Southwestern easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Metro-East Lutheran and Althoff Catholic met for a duel on Thursday where Metro-East Lutheran had to take the L. Metro-East Lutheran fell 2-0 to Althoff Catholic. The Knights have struggled against the Crusaders recently, as their game on Thursday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
The final score came out to 25-8, 25-16.
Southwestern's victory bumped their record up to 12-17. As for Metro-East Lutheran, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-21.
Southwestern came up short against Metro-East Lutheran when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Southwestern avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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