After two games on the road, Tolono Unity is heading back home. They will host the Olympia Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tolono Unity will be strutting in after a win while Olympia will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Tolono Unity finally turned things around against Urbana on Monday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Olympia was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They fell just short of Delavan by a score of 2-1.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Olympia sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 17-25, 32-30.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Sophia Ortiz, who had ten digs and two aces.
She wasn't the only good server: Olympia was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Tolono Unity's win bumped their record up to 20-12-1. As for Olympia, their loss dropped their record down to 7-22.
Tolono Unity came out on top in a nail-biter against Olympia when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Will Tolono Unity repeat their success, or does Olympia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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