The Lyons Lions will challenge the York Dukes at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lyons will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Lyons is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Oak Park-River Forest, who was ranked 18th at the time (Lyons was ranked 25th). The Lions sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Huskies on Tuesday.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Lyons got the one that really mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 28-26, 20-25, 29-27.
Kate Heatherly
| 10/07/25 @ Oak Park-River Forest | 8 |
| 10/06/25 vs Metea Valley | 5 |
| 10/03/25 vs Glenbrook South | 4 |
| 09/24/25 vs Wheaton-Warrenville South | 6 |
| 09/23/25 vs Hinsdale Central | 1 |
| + 3 more games |
Lyons can attribute much of their success to Avery Lee, who had eight digs, and Kate Heatherly, who had eight digs. That's the most digs Heatherly has posted over her last eight contests.
Meanwhile, York came up short against Downers Grove South on Thursday and fell 2-0.
While York was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the second set. The final score came out to 25-21, 25-23.
York's defeat dropped their record down to 19-8. As for Lyons, their victory bumped their record up to 17-7.
Lyons came out on top in a nail-biter against York when the teams last played back in October of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Will the Lions repeat their success, or do the Dukes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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