The McLean Highlanders will take on the Chantilly Chargers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: McLean has struggled recently with five losses in a row, while Chantilly will arrive with ten straight victories.
McLean heads in on the heels of a playoff game last Wednesday. They fell 3-1 to George C. Marshall.
Chantilly extended their home winning streak to 11 games dating back to last season thanks to a huge performance from Hala Younes. Chantilly sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over James Madison on Monday thanks in part to Younes, who had five digs and two aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in October of 2023.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Chantilly who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 15-8.
Chantilly is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 15 matches, which somehow still isn't as good as their 19-2-1 record this season. As for McLean, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-13.
McLean suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Chantilly when the teams last played back in September. Can McLean avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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