The Mattoon Greenwave will take on the Hartsburg-Emden Stags at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Mattoon is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
On Tuesday, Mattoon didn't have quite enough to beat Effingham and fell 2-1. While the Greenwave didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Hearts 25-19 in the first set.
Mattoon started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-19, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Hartsburg-Emden earned a 2-0 victory over Greenview on Monday.
The win didn't come easy: Greenview scored at least 18 points in every set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-18.
Hartsburg-Emden is on a roll lately: they've won 21 of their last 23 matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 29-5 record this season. As for Mattoon, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-19.
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