MAYWOOD — Previous results didn’t matter to Oak Park-River Forest in its rematch against Trinity Thursday night.
The Huskies roared to their second consecutive Class 4A regional championship with a 25-16, 25-19 victory over the Blazers, which defeated OPRF in two previous meetings this season.
The fifth-seeded Huskies (20-17) scored the match’s first five points and never trailed at Proviso East. The match was one-sided offensively with three OPRF hitters finishing with at least seven kills, while fourth-seeded Trinity (20-17) was led by three kills each from Dimitra Gritzanis and Carly Uhlir.
OPRF led 11-4 in the first game and carried that momentum into the second game. The Huskies led 16-11 in the second game until the Blazers rallied to within 16-15 after scoring four consecutive points.
“We wanted that hot start. We talked about it in practice,” OPRF coach Don August said. “In the huddle, we talked about a quick start and that’s what we got.”
Georgetown-bound Symone Speech (eight kills, three blocks) paced OPRF, which also had seven kills each by Ariel Hambly and Lili Walsh. Andrea Garcia-Guerrios added six kills for OPRF, which plays top-seeded De La Salle or eighth-seeded Young in the De La Salle Sectional semifinal at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
