The Lockport Porters will face off against the Maine South Hawks at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Lockport is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Downers Grove South, who was ranked 20th at the time (Lockport was ranked seventh). The Porters fell 2-0 to the Mustangs on Thursday.
Lockport was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-16, 25-23.
Meanwhile, Maine South didn't have quite enough to beat New Trier on Wednesday and fell 2-1. The Hawks have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back matches.
In an exciting match in which no team claimed back-to-back wins, Maine South sadly wound up on the wrong side. The final score came out to 25-22, 17-25, 25-18.
Lockport will have to contain Emma Lesch as she made an impact in Maine South's last game. She had 14 digs and two aces.
Maine South's defeat dropped their record down to 19-10. As for Lockport, their loss dropped their record down to 27-6.
Lockport beat Maine South 2-0 in their previous meeting back in August. Do the Porters have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Hawks turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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