On Thursday Hoopeston will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to face off against the Cissna Park Timberwolves at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, Hoopeston finally turned things around against Schlarman on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Hilltoppers.
While Hoopeston won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the first set they played. The final score came out to 25-23, 25-20.
Hoopeston was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 14 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September.
Meanwhile, Cissna Park had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Fightin' Irish by a score of 2-0.
Cissna Park easily took the first set, but they let things get interesting in the other. The match finished with set scores of 25-11, 25-17.
Hoopeston's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-12. As for Cissna Park, they pushed their record up to 17-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Hoopeston came up short against Cissna Park when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Hoopeston avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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