HOBART - The Hobart girls volleyball team beat Kankakee Valley 3-1 at home on Thursday, Oct. 8, for its 18th win of the season.
The Brickies (18-11, 7-7 NCC) have already posted their most wins since at least 2019-20 and are on track for their first winning season since going 17-15 in 2023-24.
The turnaround is most visible in conference play. Hobart's seven Northwest Crossroads Conference wins are more than double its total from any of the previous seven seasons. The Brickies went 3-9 in the conference last season, 0-12 in 2024-25 and 0-10 in both 2020-21 and 2021-22.
Hobart also swept Kankakee Valley 3-0 on Sept. 10. The Kougars fell to 9-21 and have lost 14 of their last 17 matches.
Thursday's win came two days after a 3-0 loss at conference leader Hanover Central on Oct. 6. Hobart is 2-3 since a six-match winning streak that ran from Sept. 16 through Sept. 28 and included a five-set win at Andrean and a sweep of Munster.
The Brickies are 8-3 at home this season. All three home losses came in conference play, against Andrean, Hanover Central and Illiana Christian. Since the streak ended, Hobart lost 3-0 at home to I Iliana Christian on Sept. 29 and 3-2 at Highland on Oct. 1 before sweeping Hammond Central on Oct. 5. Hobart has won nine of its last 13 matches.
Hobart opens Class 4A Sectional 2 play against Merrillville in a semifinal at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17.
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