Kankakee Valley suffered their biggest defeat since September 9th on Thursday. They came up short against the Hanover Central Wildcats, falling 3-0. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Wildcats this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 3-0 back in September.
While Kankakee Valley was kept off the board, it wasn't for a lack of trying: they cut into Hanover Central's winning margin in every set. The final score came out to 25-13, 25-15, 25-21.
Gabrielle Diener paced Kankakee Valley's offense, picking up five kills. Diener also shared the team's lead in assists with Izzy Jonkman: they picked up eight each. Diener was also solid from the service line: she led the team with seven aces.
Hanover Central was led to victory by Liliana Chorba and Jessica Ferguson. Chorba had ten digs and three aces, while Ferguson had 12 digs and two aces. The dominant performance also gave Chorba a new career-high in assists (seven).
Kankakee Valley's loss ended a five-match streak of away wins and brought them to 14-10. As for Hanover Central, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 20-4.
Kankakee Valley has already played their next match, a 3-2 defeat against Munster on the 7th. As for Hanover Central, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 3-2 win against Hobart on the 7th.
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