Valparaiso is 1-9 against Crown Point since October of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Valparaiso Vikings will head out on the road to square off against the Crown Point Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m.
Valparaiso and Merrillville met for a duel on Tuesday where Valparaiso had to take the L. Valparaiso fell just short of Merrillville by a score of 3-2. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Valparaiso started the match hot and won the first two sets, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last three. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-12.
Even though they lost, Valparaiso was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 18 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Chesterton typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Crown Point proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Trojans.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 25-19, 22-25, 25-21.
Valparaiso's loss dropped their record down to 12-15. As for Crown Point, they pushed their record up to 21-6 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Valparaiso might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Crown Point in their previous meeting back in September. Can Valparaiso avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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