Oak Park-River Forest hasn't had much luck against Lyons recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Oak Park-River Forest Huskies' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Lyons Lions at 6:00 p.m. Oak Park-River Forest will be strutting in after a win while Lyons will be coming in after a defeat.
Oak Park-River Forest can't be too worried about heading out to take on Lyons: they just beat Willowbrook at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Oak Park-River Forest skirted past Willowbrook 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Oak Park-River Forest got the one that really mattered. The match finished with set scores of 26-24, 23-25, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Lyons didn't have quite enough to beat Glenbrook South on Wednesday and fell 2-1. While the Lions didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Titans 25-19 in the first period.
Lyons started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 22-25, 25-19, 25-17.
Despite their loss, Lyons saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Julia Ahrens, who had eight digs and two aces, was perhaps the best of all. The dominant performance gave Ahrens a new career-high in aces.
Oak Park-River Forest is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Lyons, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-9.
Oak Park-River Forest was able to grind out a solid victory over Lyons when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Oak Park-River Forest since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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