The Wheeling Wildcats will face off against the Hoffman Estates Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Wheeling didn't have quite enough to beat Elk Grove and fell 2-1. While the Wildcats didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Grenadiers 25-20 in the first set.
The 2-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Wheeling lost were decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 26-24, 25-23.
While Hoffman Estates didn't have the best season last year (they finished 13-22), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They had just enough and edged out Schaumburg 2-1 on Tuesday.
Hoffman Estates was dominant in the sets they won, taking each by at least 11 points. The final set scores came out to 23-25, 25-14, 25-13.
Wheeling has now lost four of their last five games at home. That gives them a 6-6 record this season. As for Hoffman Estates, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-5.
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