Forest Park has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Heritage Hills Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Forest Park will head out to face Heritage Hills after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. Forest Park fell just short of Washington by a score of 3-2. The Rangers' loss signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Forest Park actually scored more points across those five sets (100-91), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-22, 25-21, 13-25, 13-25, 15-7.
Forest Park's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Emma Lagrange, who had five digs and 23 assists, and Carli Hagedorn, who had ten digs. Lagrange is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 15 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Forest Park was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 15 aces. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 0 aces per game earlier this season, but in their last ten matchups they've averaged 7.4.
Meanwhile, Heritage Hills made easy work of Boonville on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win.
Heritage Hills never let Boonville on the board, but things got pretty close in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-23, 25-15.
Forest Park's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-6. As for Heritage Hills, they pushed their record up to 11-8 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Monday's contest: Forest Park has really dialed in their serving game this season, having averaged 7.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Heritage Hills struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.5. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Forest Park came up short against Heritage Hills in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Forest Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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