The Bloom Blazing Trojan will head out on the road to square off against the Oak Lawn Spartans at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Bloom is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Last Thursday, Bloom came up short against Crete-Monee and fell 2-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-9.
Meanwhile, Oak Lawn beat Argo 2-0 on Tuesday.
The 2-0 score doesn't show just how dominant Oak Lawn was: they took both sets by at least 11 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-14.
Oak Lawn got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Maggie Mitchell out in front who had five aces. That's the most aces Mitchell has posted since back in September. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Mcauliffe, who had eight digs and two aces.
Bloom's defeat dropped their record down to 7-22. As for Oak Lawn, their record is now 27-5.
Bloom came up short against Oak Lawn when the teams last played back in August of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Bloom avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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