The Joliet West Tigers will head out to challenge the Plainfield East Bengals at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Joliet West will be strutting in after a victory while Plainfield East will be coming in after a loss.
Joliet West is headed into the contest having just posted their closest win since April 1st on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out Providence Catholic 2-1. The victory continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Celtics: they've now won five in a row.
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 final score came out to 25-14, 23-25, 25-19.
Michael Meloy
| 04/22/25 vs Providence Catholic | 10 |
| 04/01/25 vs Lockport | 9 |
| 04/04/24 @ Romeoville | 9 |
| 04/03/24 vs Andrew | 9 |
| 03/28/25 vs St. Charles North | 7 |
Akbal Ramos and Michael Meloy were among the main playmakers for Joliet West as the former had 14 digs and one assist and the latter had 11 digs and ten kills. Those ten kills gave Meloy a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Plainfield East came up short against Lincoln-Way Central on Tuesday and fell 2-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-10.
Plainfield East's defeat dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Joliet West, their win bumped their record up to 10-7.
Joliet West came out on top in a nail-biter against Plainfield East when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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