Glenbrook S. balance is key vs. Oak Park

No. 2 Glenbrook South and No. 10 Oak Park each have twovolleyball starters who are first-team club players during theoffseason.

The difference during the high school season is in theirrespective supporting casts. That disparity was evident Thursday asGlenbrook South's balanced attack scored a 15-12, 15-5 win overvisiting Oak Park.

"We really keyed on their two players (Tom Trantow and JohnSchultz)," Glenbrook South coach Patty Iverson said. "We weren'ttrying to shut them down; we were just trying to decrease theirnumber of kills."Trantow finished with six kills and Schultz three for Oak Park(8-3).The Titans (5-0) countered with their tandem of Tim O'Brien(seven kills) and Eric Rapoport (four kills), along with Matt Harris(four kills), Chris Dimitropoulos and Dave Mattas."We have a balanced attack," Iverson said. "It isn't importantwhich players hit the ball. We are confident in all of them."O'Brien's left-handed jump serve scored two aces as the Titanstook a 9-7 lead in the first game. They stretched the margin to12-7 on a Harris ace."We got burned a little bit (on the serve)," Oak Park coach JohnKasik said.The Huskies closed within 14-12 on a block by Conor Galogly,but after an O'Brien kill forced a sideout, Oak Park's receivingerror gave the Titans the game.In Game 2, Glenbrook South took leads of 9-3 and 12-4. AnO'Brien block and a Rapoport kill closed the match."It wasn't necessarily that we prevailed, but Oak Park kind oflet up," Iverson said.