After both having extra time off, the Benet Academy Redwings and the Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers will shake off the rust and duke it out at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Benet Academy is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.
Benet Academy can't be too worried about heading out to take on Joliet Catholic: they just beat Neuqua Valley at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. The Redwings had just enough and edged out the Wildcats 2-1 on Wednesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Redwings have posted since April 26th.
Benet Academy 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 21-25, 25-17, 27-25.
Meanwhile, Joliet Catholic came into Tuesday's match having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Marian Catholic 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Joliet Catholic got the one that really mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-13, 21-25, 25-16.
Joliet Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 14-18. As for Benet Academy, their win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 24-6.
Benet Academy beat Joliet Catholic 2-0 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Will the Redwings repeat their success, or do the Hilltoppers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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