Volleyball Game Preview: Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy Patriots vs. Lake Norman Wildcats

The Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy Patriots will challenge the Lake Norman Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy has five straight wins, Lake Norman has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of North Carolina's top teams: South Iredell, who was ranked 15th at the time (Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy was ranked fourth). The Patriots put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 3-0 victory on Thursday.

The match came down to the wire multiple times:two sets needed extra rallies to declare a winner. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 28-26, 26-24, 25-21.

Meanwhile, Lake Norman came up short against A.L. Brown on Tuesday and fell 2-0.

The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-13.

Lake Norman's loss dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy, their win bumped their record up to 8-1.

Everything went Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy's way against Lake Norman in their previous meeting on April 3rd, as Liberty Preparatory Christian Academy made off with a 3-0 victory. Will the Patriots repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.