The O'Fallon Panthers will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Normal West Wildcats at 6:00 p.m.
O'Fallon is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They skirted past Belleville West 2-1.
O'Fallon had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 18-25, 25-17, 27-25.
Meanwhile, Normal West entered their tilt with Normal Community on Tuesday with eight consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with nine. They came out on top against the Ironmen by a score of 2-0.
Normal West got the W, but it wasn't easy, at least in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 30-28.
Normal West pushed their record up to 35-3 with the victory, which was their 15th straight at home dating back to last season. As for O'Fallon, they have been performing well recently as they've won 13 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-14 record this season.
O'Fallon came up short against Normal West when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can O'Fallon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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