Volleyball Preview: McIntosh Chiefs vs. Morrow Mustangs
After nine games on the road, McIntosh is heading back home. They will host the Morrow Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
McIntosh is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Georgia's top teams: Woodward Academy, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (McIntosh was ranked 23rd). McIntosh fell just short of Woodward Academy by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. The Chiefs' loss signaled the end of their six-game winning streak.
McIntosh started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. The match finished with set scores of 21-25, 25-17, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Morrow didn't have quite enough to beat St. Francis on Thursday and fell 2-1.
Morrow actually scored more points across those three sets (58-57), but sadly they still had to settle for second. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 17-25, 25-22, 15-11.
McIntosh's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 20-7. As for Morrow, their loss dropped their record down to 23-3.
McIntosh beat Morrow 2-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2017. Will McIntosh repeat their success, or does Morrow have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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