After both having extra time off, the Kouts Mustangs & Fillies and the Marquette Catholic Blazers will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Kouts was handed a three-set loss in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Kankakee Valley, sneaking past 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (103-100) Kouts actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-17, 15-25, 20-25, 15-13.
Meanwhile, Marquette Catholic made easy work of Washington Township on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 victory. The Blazers haven't had any issues with the Senators recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Marquette Catholic was: they took every set by at least ten points. The final score came out to 25-11, 25-8, 25-15.
Kouts' victory bumped their record up to 13-16. As for Marquette Catholic, their win bumped their record up to 21-9.
Kouts suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Marquette Catholic when the teams last played back in August. Can the Mustangs & Fillies avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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