Wilmington had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Peotone Blue Devils out 2-1. The Wildcats have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Blue Devils, too.
Wilmington had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-20, 25-14.
Leading Wilmington to victory were Skylar Rossow and Addison Billingsley. Rossow had 24 digs, while Billingsley had 11 digs and 15 assists. Rossow is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last three games she's played.
Wilmington was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last seven games.
Wilmington is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season. As for Peotone, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-9.
Wilmington's road trip will continue as they head out to face Tri-Valley at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Peotone, they will challenge Genoa-Kingston at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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