Lucy Beckham has won 14 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Wando has won 14 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Lucy Beckham Bengals will challenge the Wando Warriors at 6:30 p.m. Lucy Beckham will be strutting in after a victory while Wando will be coming in after a defeat.
Lucy Beckham is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Nation Ford, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Lucy Beckham was ranked third). Lucy Beckham came out on top against Nation Ford by a score of 2-0 on Saturday.
Lucy Beckham never let Nation Ford on the board, but things got pretty close in the first set. The match finished with set scores of 25-22, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Wando entered their contest against Lucy Beckham on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Wando fell just short of Lucy Beckham by a score of 2-1. While the Warriors didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Bengals 25-16 in the first set.
Wando actually scored more points across those three sets (61-57), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 16-25, 25-22, 16-14.
Despite the loss, Wando saw an underclassman step up: Lily Evans had five digs and 14 assists.
Lucy Beckham's win bumped their record up to 27-1. As for Wando, their defeat ended a 12-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 30-9.
Lucy Beckham came out on top in a nail-biter against Wando when the teams last played on Saturday, sneaking past 2-1. Does Lucy Beckham have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wando turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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