The Evergreen Park Mustangs are taking a road trip to face off against the Oak Lawn Spartans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Evergreen Park is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Shepard just ended the team's three-match winning streak on Thursday. They fell 2-0 to the Astros.
While Evergreen Park was not able to make it on the board, they still kept things close, especially in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-17, 26-24.
Meanwhile, Oak Lawn earned a 2-0 victory over Tinley Park on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.
Oak Lawn easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-17, 25-13.
Oak Lawn's win came from a few key players Evergreen Park will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Angelica Ziaja, who had six digs and four aces. That's the most aces she has posted since back in September.
Evergreen Park's loss dropped their record down to 17-10. As for Oak Lawn, their record now sits at 20-7.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's contest: Evergreen Park has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8 aces per game. However, it's not like Oak Lawn struggles in that department as they've been averaging 7.9 aces. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Evergreen Park came up short against Oak Lawn in their previous meeting back in September, falling 2-0. Can the Mustangs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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