The Lake Park Lancers will venture away from home to face off against the Lyons Lions at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Lake Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Wheaton-Warrenville South, who was ranked eighth at the time (Lake Park was ranked 12th). The Lancers fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Lake Park sadly dropped the once that decided the match. The final score came out to 25-23, 20-25, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Lyons had just enough and edged out Hinsdale South 2-1 on Wednesday. The win continues a trend for the Lions in their matchups with the Hornets: they've now won five in a row.
Lyons had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-16, 25-22.
Lyons' victory bumped their record up to 16-5. As for Lake Park, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 21-8.
Lake Park couldn't quite get it done against Lyons when the teams last played back in May of 2024 as they fell 2-0. Can the Lancers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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