The South Central Satellites will square off against the Chesterton Trojans at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South Central will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating Kankakee Valley, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. The Satellites were the clear victors by a 3-0 margin over the Kougars on Saturday.
South Central not only won, but also showed off some consistency: they kept Kankakee Valley between 16 and 17 points across their sets. The final score came out to 25-17, 25-16, 25-17.
Meanwhile, Chesterton had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They blew past the Pirates 3-0.
Chesterton was especially dominant in the first set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-10, 25-21, 25-17.
Chesterton's win came from a few key players South Central will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Adam LeNeave, who had eight digs and four aces. That's the most aces he has posted since back in April.
Chesterton was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Merrillville only served three aces.
Chesterton's victory bumped their record up to 23-4. As for South Central, their win bumped their record up to 15-6.
South Central suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Chesterton in their previous meeting on Wednesday. Can the Satellites avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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