Willowbrook waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Lincoln-Way East Griffins 2-1. That's more bragging rights for the Warriors, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Willowbrook got the one that really mattered. The final score came out to 25-21, 10-25, 15-11.
Willowbrook's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Melanie Marinier led the charge by getting eight digs.
Despite the loss, Lincoln-Way East still got an impressive performance from Stella Drozd, who had 12 digs.
Willowbrook has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-6 record this season. As for Lincoln-Way East, they moved to 27-5 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
Willowbrook has already played their next contest, a 2-1 victory against Joliet West on the 19th. As for Lincoln-Way East, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 2-0 win against IC Catholic Prep on the 19th.
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