The Minooka Indians will take on the Oswego Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Minooka sitting on three straight wins and Oswego on seven.
Last Thursday, it was close, but Minooka sidestepped Bolingbrook for a 2-1 victory.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Minooka who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 19-25, 25-20.
Minooka's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Maddie Dostall, who had ten digs and two aces, and Kira Cailteux, who had 16 digs, three aces, and three aces. That's the most aces Cailteux has posted in her last 13 games.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Oswego rose to the challenge on Saturday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg.
Oswego was dominant in the first set, but otherwise had just enough against a tough Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg squad. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-17.
Minooka pushed their record up to 13-9 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Oswego, their record now sits at 15-1.
Minooka came up short against Oswego in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Minooka avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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