Eureka is ranked highly in their home state and on Monday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of O'Fallon. The Wildcats came up short against the Panthers, falling 3-0. The Wildcats were given a dose of their own medicine in this game as the Panthers apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in April of 2022.
Eureka 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 25-17, 25-23, 25-20.
Sutton Reed paced Eureka's offense, picking up 13 kills. Reed got some help from Jett Wilken and his 24 assists.
This is the second loss in a row for Eureka and nudges their season record down to 12-4. As for O'Fallon, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-3.
Eureka didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against De Smet Jesuit on the 23rd. As for O'Fallon, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 2-1 defeat against Belleville East on the 24th.
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