Volleyball Preview: North Myrtle Beach Chiefs vs. Latta Vikings
North Myrtle Beach has been on the road for eight straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will host the Latta Vikings at 6:00 p.m.
North Myrtle Beach is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Ashley Ridge, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (North Myrtle Beach was ranked tenth). North Myrtle Beach fell just short of Ashley Ridge by a score of 2-1 two weeks ago. While the Chiefs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Swamp Foxes 25-14 in the first set.
North Myrtle Beach actually scored more points across those three sets (57-54), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Latta sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Dillon on Tuesday.
Latta took Dillon into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-22, 25-22, 21-25, 15-10.
North Myrtle Beach's loss dropped their record down to 25-9. As for Latta, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-6 record this season.
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