Lake Park faced Benet Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. The Lancers fell just short of the Redwings by a score of 2-1. If the Lancers were looking for revenge after losing 2-1 to the Redwings when the teams met back in April of 2024, then they'll just have to keep looking.
Carter Gibbons paced Lake Park's offense, picking up 12 kills. Gibbons got some help from Jake Ellenbecker and his ten assists. Anthony Bellavia controlled things from the service line, finishing with three aces.
Benet Academy was led to victory by Ryan Pecak and Juan Betancourt. Pecak had four digs and four aces, while Betancourt had five digs and two aces. Those two aces gave Betancourt a new career-high.
This is the second loss in a row for Lake Park and nudges their season record down to 16-5. As for Benet Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
Lake Park has already played their next contest, a 2-0 victory against Oswego on the 27th. As for Benet Academy, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 2-1 loss against Wheaton-Warrenville South on the 26th.
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