Normal Community had already won four in a row and they went ahead and made it five on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Lockport Porters 2-1. For the Ironmen, this counts as revenge for the 2-0 victory the Porters walked away with the last time they faced one another 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 Normal Community who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 28-26, 19-25, 25-12.
Their offense was headlined by
Alana Whitfield and
Maia Olson, who picked up seven kills apiece. They got some help from
Sam Lakamp and her 17 assists.
Maggie Michaels and
Mya Blumenshine kept things locked in from the service line: the pair finished with two aces apiece.
Normal Community is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 27-8 record this season. As for Lockport, with the loss, they broke their nine-game winning streak and moved their record to 30-5.
Normal Community has already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Pekin on the 29th. As for Lockport, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory against Plainfield East on the 29th.
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