The Evergreen Park Mustangs will face off against the Providence Catholic Celtics at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Evergreen Park is looking to tack on another W to their ten-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
Evergreen Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Oak Forest.
While Evergreen Park won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the second set they played. The final score came out to 25-15, 26-24.
Maddie Bruno was the offensive standout of the matchup as she had 12 digs.
Meanwhile, Providence Catholic had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Spartans by a score of 2-0.
The match finished with set scores of 25-20, 25-16.
Providence Catholic couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 44.4% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was in their last 11 contests.
Evergreen Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 18 of their last 21 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 29-7 record this season. As for Providence Catholic, their record now sits at 29-9.
Here's a few offensive stats to keep an eye on ahead of Thursday's game: Evergreen Park has really dialed in their serving this season, having averaged 8.5 aces per game. However, it's not like Providence Catholic struggles in that department as they've been averaging 6.8. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out.
Evergreen Park came up short against Providence Catholic in their previous meeting back in September, falling 2-0. Can Evergreen Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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