The Plainfield North Tigers will head out to face off against the Metea Valley Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Plainfield North has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with nine straight defeats, while Metea Valley will come in with eight straight victories.
Last Thursday, Plainfield North didn't have quite enough to beat Joliet West and fell 2-1.
Plainfield North took a 1-0 lead headed into the second set, but sadly they lost the next two. After all that action, the final score was 17-25, 25-9, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Metea Valley beat Nazareth Academy 2-0 on Monday.
The 2-0 doesn't show just how dominant Metea Valley was: they took both sets by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-11.
Metea Valley can attribute much of their success to Ava Guzaski, who had seven digs and three aces. That's the most aces Guzaski has posted since back in October of 2023.
Plainfield North's loss dropped their record down to 1-11. As for Metea Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season.
Plainfield North came out on top in a nail-biter against Metea Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2022, sneaking past 2-1. Does Plainfield North have another victory up their sleeve, or will Metea Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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