Minooka has been away from home for seven games now, but on Thursday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Joliet West Tigers at 4:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Tuesday, Minooka sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Romeoville.
Minooka had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 27-29, 25-23, 25-21.
Minooka 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.
Meanwhile, Joliet West narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Yorkville 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Joliet West got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-15, 23-25, 25-19.
Joliet West can attribute much of their success to Sidney Barlog, who had 15 digs, and Lexie Grevengoed, who had 12 kills and ten digs. Grevengoed has been hot recently, having posted five or more kills the last 15 times she's played.
Minooka now has a winning record of 15-14. As for Joliet West, their victory bumped their record up to 15-4.
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