Mother McAuley had already won seven in a row and they went ahead and made it eight on Saturday. They won by a set and slipped past the Normal Community Ironmen 2-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Mighty Macs also won the last time the pair played back in October of 2018.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Mother McAuley who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-27, 25-16.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mother McAuley to victory, but perhaps none more so than Lucy Maloney, who had 33 digs and two aces. Maloney is on a roll when it comes to digs, as she's now had 12 or more in the last nine games she's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Abbey Williams, who had 28 digs, eight kills, and two blocks.
Mother McAuley is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 games, which provided a nice bump to their 28-3 record this season. As for Normal Community, with the loss, they broke their four-game winning streak and moved their record to 22-8.
Mother McAuley has already played their next contest, a 2-0 win against Glenbard East on the 19th. As for Normal Community, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 2-0 victory against Prairie Ridge on the 19th.
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