Volleyball Preview: South Iredell Vikings vs. North Iredell Raiders
South Iredell hasn't had much luck against North Iredell recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The South Iredell Vikings will venture away from home to square off against the North Iredell Raiders at 6:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
South Iredell is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest win since August 27th on Thursday. They blew past West Cabarrus 3-0.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant South Iredell was: they took every set by at least 12 points. The match finished with set scores of 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 matchups.
Meanwhile, North Iredell had already won 11 in a row and they went ahead and made it 12 on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Greyhounds.
The 3-0 score doesn't show just how dominant North Iredell was: they took every set by at least 16 points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-6, 25-5, 25-9.
South Iredell's victory bumped their record up to 12-6. As for North Iredell, they pushed their record up to 15-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
South Iredell skirted past North Iredell 3-2 in their previous meeting back in August. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Iredell since the team 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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