Wilmington hasn't had much luck against Coal City recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Wilmington Wildcats will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Coal City Coalers, where the match is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It was a proper cat-fight when Wilmington duked it out withHerscher on Tuesday. Wilmington came out on top against Herscher by a score of 2-0.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Wilmington was: they took both sets by at least 12 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-13.
Skylar Rossow was the offensive standout of the game as she had seven digs and three aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Wilmington couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 75% of their attack attempts. That's a new trend for them: their average hitting percentage was 27.2% earlier this season, but in their last five matchups they've averaged 40.2%.
Meanwhile, Coal City had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Bulldogs.
Coal City didn't let Streator take a single set, but it sure wasn't easy: every set was decided by three points or less. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-23.
Wilmington has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Coal City, their victory bumped their record up to 15-10.
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