The Manteno Panthers will take on the Coal City Coalers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Manteno is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
On Monday, Manteno had just enough and edged Bishop McNamara out 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Manteno got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-15, 25-27, 25-22.
Meanwhile, Coal City was able to grind out a solid win over Beecher on Thursday, taking the game 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Coalers.
While Coal City won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-16.
Manteno's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 17-11. As for Coal City, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-14 record this season.
Manteno beat Coal City 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. Will Manteno repeat their success, or does Coal City have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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