Homer has gone 6-0 against Whiting recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Homer Knights and the Whiting Warriors are set to duel. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Homer has seven straight victories, Whiting has 16 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Homer will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Wynot, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Homer put the hurt on Wynot with a sharp 3-0 win on Thursday.
Homer never let Wynot on the board, but things got pretty close in the third set. The match finished with set scores of 25-8, 25-21, 26-24.
Homer was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 12 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least eight aces in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Whiting came up short against Omaha Christian Academy on Saturday and fell 2-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-11.
Homer pushed their record up to 16-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Whiting, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Homer was able to grind out a solid win over Whiting in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Homer since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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