Lake Station Edison is 1-8 against Whiting since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Lake Station Edison Fighting Eagles will face off against the Whiting Oilers at 1:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Saturday.
Lake Station Edison is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They put the hurt on Lighthouse College Prep Academy with a sharp 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: Lake Station Edison took every set by at least 15 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-1, 25-5, 25-10.
Meanwhile, Whiting got the win against 21st Century Charter on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Oilers.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Whiting was: they took every set by at least 15 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-3, 25-5, 25-10.
Whiting's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Aireana Walker, who had five aces, three digs, two kills, and a block, and Andrea Cabrales, who had four aces. That's the most aces Walker has posted since back in September.
Whiting was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 16 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in four consecutive games.
Lake Station Edison's victory bumped their record up to 5-19. As for Whiting, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season.
Lake Station Edison suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Whiting in their previous meeting back in September. Can Lake Station Edison avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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