On Tuesday Wilmington will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats dukes it out withthe Lisle Lions at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Wilmington will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Coal City, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Wilmington sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Coal City on Thursday.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Wilmington who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 26-24, 23-25, 25-21.
Skylar Rossow had a dynamite game for Wilmington, getting 19 digs.
Meanwhile, Lisle hadn't done well against Manteno recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Lisle had just enough and edged Manteno out 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lions.
Lisle was actually outscored in aggregate across those three sets (69-68), but they still managed to win. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 16-25, 27-25.
Wilmington is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Lisle, they pushed their record up to 15-12 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Wilmington was able to grind out a solid victory over Lisle in their previous matchup back in September, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wilmington since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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