Volleyball Preview: South Iredell Vikings vs. North Iredell Raiders
South Iredell is 1-9 against North Iredell since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The South Iredell Vikings are taking a road trip to challenge the North Iredell Raiders at 6:00 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Tuesday.
South Iredell is headed into the matchup having just posted their biggest victory since August 27th on Thursday. Everything went their way against West Cabarrus as South Iredell made off with a 3-0 win.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: South Iredell took every set by at least 12 points. The final score came out to 25-6, 25-13, 25-13.
South Iredell was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 13 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least five aces in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, North Iredell had already won 11 in a row and they went ahead and made it 12 on Monday. They put the hurt on the Greyhounds with a sharp 3-0 victory.
Not only was the match a shutout, it was a big one: North Iredell took every set by at least 16 points. The match finished with set scores of 25-6, 25-5, 25-9.
South Iredell's win bumped their record up to 12-6. As for North Iredell, they pushed their record up to 15-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
South Iredell came out on top in a nail-biter against North Iredell in their previous meeting back in August, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Iredell since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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