The Wilmington Wildcats will venture away from home to challenge the Coal City Coalers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Wilmington will be looking to extend their current 11-game winning streak.
On Thursday, Wilmington earned a 2-0 win over Reed-Custer.
Wilmington easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-13.

Sami Liaromatis
10/16/25 vs Reed-Custer | 3 |
10/14/25 @ Streator | 1 |
10/09/25 vs Lisle | 1 |
10/07/25 @ Manteno | 1 |
10/06/25 @ Seneca | 1 |
+ 3 more games |
Wilmington can attribute much of their success to Sami Liaromatis, who had 12 digs and three aces. That's the most aces Liaromatis has posted over her last eight matchups.
Meanwhile, Coal City beat Herscher 2-0 on Thursday.
The 2-0 score doesn't really reflect how close the match was: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 25-23.
The victory got Coal City back to even at 15-15-1. As for Wilmington, their record now sits at 23-3.
Wilmington beat Coal City 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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