Volleyball Game Preview: South Mecklenburg Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 14, 2024, 2:50am

Volleyball Preview: South Mecklenburg Sabres vs. Myers Park Mustangs

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South Mecklenburg has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Myers Park Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.

Having struggled with four losses in a row, South Mecklenburg finally turned things around against Ballantyne Ridge on Thursday. They blew past the Wolves 3-0.

Meanwhile, Myers Park got the win against Berry on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.

The 3-0 doesn't show just how dominant Myers Park was: they took every set by at least eight points. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-7, 25-9, 25-17.

Lia Skufca was a one-man wrecking crew for Myers Park as she had six aces and 26 assists. Skufca is on a roll when it comes to assists, as she's now posted 17 or more in the last five games she's played dating back to last season.

Myers Park was lethal from the service line and finished the game with 28 aces. That's the most aces they've posted since back in September of 2023.

South Mecklenburg's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-6. As for Myers Park, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6 record this season.

South Mecklenburg suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Myers Park in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can South Mecklenburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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