The Maine East Blue Demons will take on the Lake Park Lancers on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Maine East is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top against Prospect by a score of 2-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Blue Demons.
Meanwhile, Lake Park was able to grind out a solid win over Hoffman Estates on Tuesday, taking the game 2-0.
Lake Park easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-12.
Maine East better focus on containing Luke Bonacci and Jake Ellenbecker as the pair were huge in Lake Park's win. Bonacci had nine digs and four assists, while Ellenbecker had 12 assists and four digs. Ellenbecker has been hot, having posted 12 or more assists the last seven times he's played.
Lake Park couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.3% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was back in April of 2024.
Lake Park has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games. That's provided a nice bump to their 25-11 record this season. As for Maine East, their record now sits at 18-12.
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