The Shepard Astros will face off against the Evergreen Park Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
On Thursday, Shepard had just enough and edged out Oak Forest 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Astros.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Shepard who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 25-27, 25-18.
Darin Conners
| 05/15/25 vs Oak Forest | 10 |
| 05/10/25 @ Naperville Central | 8 |
| 05/01/25 @ Bremen | 8 |
| 04/12/25 vs Lemont | 8 |
| 05/12/25 vs Stagg | 6 |
Among those leading the charge was Darin Conners, who had ten digs and two assists. Those ten digs gave him a new career-high. Mikolaj Drag also deserves some recognition as he posted his first assist of the season.
Meanwhile, Evergreen Park posted their closest win since April 30th on Thursday. They won by a set and slipped past Lemont 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Evergreen Park got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-21, 19-25, 25-19.
Evergreen Park's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-21. As for Shepard, their win bumped their record up to 19-14.
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