The Lake Park Lancers are taking a road trip to square off against the Conant Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Lake Park is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Lyons, who was ranked ninth at the time (Lake Park was ranked 13th). The Lancers took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lions on Wednesday. The Lancers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lake Park was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-19, 27-25.
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Despite the loss, Lake Park saw an underclassman step up: freshman Jake Ellenbecker had four digs and three aces. Those three aces set a new season-high mark for Ellenbecker.
Meanwhile, Conant also suffered a loss in their last game, falling to DePaul College Prep by a score of 2-0.
Conant's defeat dropped their record down to 19-7. As for Lake Park, their loss dropped their record down to 21-9.
Lake Park skirted past Conant 2-1 in their previous meeting back in April. Will the Lancers repeat their success, or do the Cougars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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