Rockford Auburn is 1-9 against Boylan Catholic since September of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Rockford Auburn Knights will face off against the Boylan Catholic Titans at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Thursday, Rockford Auburn had just enough and edged Rockford East out 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Rockford Auburn 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 20-25, 25-22, 25-12.
Rockford Auburn can attribute much of their success to Laniece Layne, who had three aces, and Amirah Randall, who had six digs, a kill, and 27 assists. What's more, Layne also racked up no blocks, the mostshe's had in she last three games.
Rockford Auburn was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 19 aces. That's the most aces they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Boylan Catholic sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Belvidere on Thursday.
Boylan Catholic had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 21-25, 25-12, 25-20.
Rockford Auburn's win ended a nine-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-11. As for Boylan Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season.
Rockford Auburn came up short against Boylan Catholic when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Rockford Auburn avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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