Herrin and Carterville are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2019, but not for long. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Tigers challenges the Carterville Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Herrin will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
On Tuesday, Herrin was able to grind out a solid win over Murphysboro, taking the game 2-0.
While Herrin won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-20.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Saturday Carterville sidestepped Vienna for a 2-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Carterville got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-16, 12-25, 25-23.
Herrin has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Carterville, they now have a winning record of 12-11-1.
Herrin came out on top in a nail-biter against Carterville in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 2-1. Will Herrin repeat their success, or does Carterville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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