The Galesburg Silver Streak’s season is over after being swept by Richwoods 29-27, 25-21 at the Monmouth-Roseville Regional.
The first set saw Galesburg taking a strong, early lead – keeping it close before the Knights got the lead needed to shut down the Streaks.
Set two went the opposite direction – with the Knights getting off to a quick start and taking a 6-1 lead.
The Streaks would battle back and tie the match on several occasions, but it was not enough to keep Richwoods from taking the match.
Yvonne Mixon had eight kills and three blocks while Hannah Huppenbauer racked up nine blocks and six kills to lead Galesburg’s efforts.
Maddie Carlson dished out 12 assists and two aces. Emily Meinert had ten digs, while Macy Bland added seven.
The Silver Streak girls ended the season at 14-17.
ELSEWHERE IN REGIONAL ACTION
Class 1A:
At the Princeville Regional, the Princes defeated the Williamsfield Bombers in three sets: 22-25, 25-14, 25-15; and LaMoille over Midland: 25-10, 25-22
At the West Prairie Regional it was West Prairie beating Elmwood: 25-15, 25-11; with Southeastern defeating Brimfield: 25-16, 25-20
At the Wethersfield Regional, the host team dominated Galva in two sets: 25-10, 25-5; while Annawan beat Lowpoint-Washburn: 25-11, 25-17
Class 2A:
At the Knoxville Regional it was the Blue Bullets beating North Fulton in two sets: 25-17, 25-12; and Illini West sweeping Abingdon-Avon: 25-21, 25-15
At the West Central Regional, United beat Mercer County in three sets: 25-20, 22-25, 25-18; and Farmington defeated West Central: 25-14, 25-12
At the Sherrard Regional it was Riverdale beating Alleman: 25-20, 25-23; while Rockridge beat Sherrard in two: 25-15, 25-19
Class 3A:
Also at the Monmouth-Roseville Reginoal it was Peoria Notre Dame over Macomb: 25-23, 25-21
Regional title matches are scheduled for Thursday
BOYS SOCCER
Monmouth-Roseville defeated Urbana University High 5-2 at the Peoria Super-Sectional.
The Titans got two goals from Grego Massengo, and additional goals from Alan Ayala, Robert Lian, and Gilberto Vazquez.
The Titans will play St. Edwards at the State Semifinals on Friday.
COLLEGE
VOLLEYBALL
The Prairie Fire volleyball team dropped a trio of matches on Tuesday night against Greenville (25-16, 25-17, 25-15) and St. Mary-of-the-Woods (25-14, 23-25, 25-17, 25-19).
Rose Griffin led the Prairie Fire with 26 kills in the two matches.
KyLeigh Guthals added 11 kills of her own. Emily Mosher tallied a total of 50 assists and Mady Ferris finished with 21 digs.
Knox will host Monmouth College on October 27 for their final match of the season for both schools. They will celebrate Senior Night and Homecoming.
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Freshmen Riley Cook and Abby Tucker combined for 23 kills to lead Monmouth past MacMurray 3-1 Tuesday night 22-25, 29-27, 25-18, 25-23.
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The Carl Sandburg College volleyball team reached the 20-win plateau while finishing off its Arrowhead Conference schedule with a sweep of Highland on Tuesday night at John M. Lewis Gymnasium 25-14, 25-16, 25-14.
The Chargers (20-11, 8-2) finished the conference season alone in second place with their only two losses to champion Sauk Valley.
Sandburg will honor its 10 sophomores Thursday when it hosts Southeastern at 6:30 p.m. on Sophomore Night.
The Chargers will then wrap up the regular season at the Parkland Invite on Friday and Saturday.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Monmouth and Illinois Tech battled for nearly 90 scoreless minutes before the Scarlet Hawks avoided going to overtime, slipping a shot to the back of the net with less than a minute left in regulation.
The Scarlet Hawks found the game-winner with 37 seconds left when Monmouth’s defender blocked a shot, but IT captured the rebound and deposited it for the winner.
Monmouth concludes the season with a match Saturday afternoon at Grinnell.
