Monticello hasn't had much luck against Bloomington Central Catholic recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Monticello Sages' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Bloomington Central Catholic Saints at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Monticello is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Tri-Valley out 2-1.
Monticello had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-18, 25-14.
Mady Melton went supernova for Monticello, getting 19 digs.
Meanwhile, Bloomington Central Catholic had already won 13 in a row and they went ahead and made it 14 on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Hawks by a score of 2-0.
Bloomington Central Catholic easily took the second set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-14.
Monticello has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-13 record this season. As for Bloomington Central Catholic, their record now sits at 30-4.
Monticello came up short against Bloomington Central Catholic in their previous matchup on October 10th, falling 2-0. Can Monticello avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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