After both having extra time off, the Travelers Rest Devildogs and the Eastside Eagles will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Travelers Rest took a loss when they played away from home last Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They had just enough and edged Greenville H out 3-2.
Travelers Rest took Greenville H into a fifth set where they got it done with a four-point win. The match finished with set scores of 23-25, 25-16, 25-19, 21-25, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Eastside faced Riverside in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Eastside won by a set and slipped past Riverside 3-2.
Eastside was staring down a 2-1 deficit headed into the fourth set, but they rallied to take the next two for the win. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 19-25, 25-27, 25-21, 15-8.
Travelers Rest's win bumped their record up to 6-11. As for Eastside, their victory bumped their record up to 12-7.
Travelers Rest came up short against Eastside in their previous matchup back in September, falling 2-0. Can Travelers Rest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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