Volleyball Preview: Eastside Eagles vs. Travelers Rest Devildogs
After both having extra time off, the Eastside Eagles and the Travelers Rest Devildogs will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Eastside is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Riverside, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Eastside was ranked seventh). Eastside sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Riverside on Tuesday.
Eastside was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 19-25, 25-27, 25-21, 15-8.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Travelers Rest, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Greenville H on Monday, sneaking past 3-2.
Travelers Rest took Greenville H into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-16, 25-19, 21-25, 15-11.
Eastside's win bumped their record up to 12-7. As for Travelers Rest, their victory bumped their record up to 6-11.
Eastside beat Travelers Rest 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. Will Eastside repeat their success, or does Travelers Rest have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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