The Blythewood Bengals will venture away from home to take on the Catawba Ridge Copperheads at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Blythewood is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Indian Land, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Blythewood was ranked 12th). Blythewood lost 3-0 to Indian Land on Wednesday. The Bengals' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Blythewood was not held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The match finished with set scores of 25-14, 25-23, 25-20.
Meanwhile, Catawba Ridge made easy work of Northwestern on Tuesday and carried off a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Copperheads.
While Catawba Ridge won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. The final score came out to 25-12, 25-15, 25-22.
Blythewood's loss dropped their record down to 10-2. As for Catawba Ridge, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6 record this season.
Everything went Blythewood's way against Catawba Ridge in their previous meeting back in September, as Blythewood made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Blythewood 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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