The Marian Central Catholic Hurricanes will square off against the Wheaton Academy Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Marian Central Catholic sitting on six straight victories and Wheaton Academy on 12.
Last Monday, Marian Central Catholic narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Bishop McNamara 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Marian Central Catholic who won the one that mattered. The match finished with set scores of 27-25, 21-25, 25-13.
Marian Central Catholic was lethal from the service line and finished the game with ten aces. That's the most aces they've posted in their last five contests.
Meanwhile, Wheaton Academy sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Aurora Christian on Monday.
Wheaton Academy had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. The final score came out to 23-25, 25-8, 25-17.
Marian Central Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. As for Wheaton Academy, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-3.
Marian Central Catholic came up short against Wheaton Academy when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Will Marian Central Catholic have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other volleyball content.
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