The Lake Zurich Bears will take on the Warren Township Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The last three games Lake Zurich has played have been within one set, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Last Thursday, Lake Zurich had just enough and edged Carmel out 2-1.
If you add up the scores from across all three sets (69-64) Lake Zurich actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The final score came out to 25-21, 14-25, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Warren Township narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Lakes 2-1.
Warren Township 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 22-25, 25-19, 25-20.
Lake Zurich now has a winning record of 12-11. As for Warren Township, they pushed their record up to 19-13 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Lake Zurich came out on top in a nail-biter against Warren Township when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lake Zurich since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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