Oak Park-River Forest and Downers Grove North are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Oak Park-River Forest Huskies will challenge the Downers Grove North Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Oak Park-River Forest is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Lyons. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Huskies.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Oak Park-River Forest got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 27-29, 25-19.
Oak Park-River Forest can attribute much of their success to Kate Bailitz, who had 23 digs, and Devyn Kleidon, who had six digs and three aces. That's the most aces Kleidon has posted in her last eight matches.
Meanwhile, Downers Grove North entered their tilt with Hinsdale Central on Thursday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Red Devils.
Downers Grove North's not only won, but also showed off some consistency: keeping Hinsdale Central between 17 and 18 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-18.
Oak Park-River Forest is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-16 record this season. As for Downers Grove North, they pushed their record up to 24-11 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Tuesday's game: Oak Park-River Forest has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 4.6 aces per game. However, it's not like Downers Grove North struggles in that department as they've been averaging 4.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Oak Park-River Forest came up short against Downers Grove North in their previous meeting back in October, falling 2-0. Can Oak Park-River Forest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
