West Chicago came into Thursday's contest having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Glenbard East Rams on Thursday, sneaking past 2-1. That's more bragging rights for the Wildcats, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
West Chicago 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 17-25, 25-18, 29-27.
Among those leading the charge was Sophia Newell, who had ten digs and three aces. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in aces.
West Chicago's win bumped their record up to 9-14. As for Glenbard East, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-20.
West Chicago will face off against Hoffman Estates at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. West Chicago is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses. After both having extra time off, Glenbard East and Fenton will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Glenbard East is facing Fenton at the right time seeing as Fenton is stuck on a nine-game losing streak.
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