The Tolono Unity Rockets will challenge the Bloomington Central Catholic Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tolono Unity will be strutting in after a victory while Bloomington Central Catholic will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, Tolono Unity had just enough and edged Clinton out 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Tolono Unity who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 26-28, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Bloomington Central Catholic faced Normal West in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Bloomington Central Catholic fell just short of Normal West by a score of 2-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Saints in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now lost five in a row.
Bloomington Central Catholic started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. After all that action, the final score was 19-25, 25-23, 15-10.
Bloomington Central Catholic might have lost, but man, Makayla Wieduwilt was a machine: she had 19 digs.
Tolono Unity's win bumped their record up to 7-5. As for Bloomington Central Catholic, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 11-2 record.
Tolono Unity came up short against Bloomington Central Catholic when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Tolono Unity avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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