The St. Laurence Vikings will challenge the DePaul College Prep Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. Laurence is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: St. Francis, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (St. Laurence was ranked 17th). St. Laurence walked away with a 2-0 win over St. Francis on Tuesday.
While St. Laurence won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-13.
Julie Marquez and Natalie Martinez were among the main playmakers for St. Laurence as the former had nine digs and two aces and the latter had 12 digs. That's the most aces Marquez has posted in her last eight games.
Meanwhile, DePaul College Prep waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They came out on top against the Blazers by a score of 2-0.
DePaul College Prep never let Trinity on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-23, 25-18.
St. Laurence is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. As for DePaul College Prep, they pushed their record up to 13-1 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season.
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