The Evergreen Park Mustangs will square off against the Oak Lawn Spartans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Evergreen Park sitting on ten straight victories and Oak Lawn on three.
Evergreen Park will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Shepard, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Evergreen Park had just enough and edged Shepard out 2-1.
Evergreen Park had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-12, 25-20.
Evergreen Park was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in ten consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Oak Lawn was able to grind out a solid win over Tinley Park on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0.
Oak Lawn easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-18.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Oak Lawn to victory, but perhaps none more so than Emma Mcauliffe, who had nine digs.
Evergreen Park is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-4 record this season. As for Oak Lawn, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-4.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's matchup: Evergreen Park has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.3 aces per game. However, it's not like Oak Lawn struggles in that department as they've been averaging 10.6. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Evergreen Park came up short against Oak Lawn in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Will Evergreen Park have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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