Weddington is preparing for their first conference matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will head out to square off against the East Mecklenburg Eagles at 6:00 p.m.
Weddington is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Marvin Ridge just ended the team's ten-game winning streak last Thursday. They fell just short of the Mavericks by a score of 3-2.
In a back-and-forth that saw neither team win consecutive sets, Weddington sadly dropped the once that decided the match. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 20-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-4.
Meanwhile, East Mecklenburg had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Vikings as they made off with a 3-0 win.
East Mecklenburg was especially dominant in the second set. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 25-12, 25-16.
Weddington better focus on containing Adalberto Gomez and Shreyash Pilli as the pair were huge in East Mecklenburg's win. Gomez had eight digs and four aces, while Pilli had 20 assists. Pilli is on a roll when it comes to assists, as he's now posted 14 or more in each of the last five games he's played.
Weddington's defeat dropped their record down to 13-3. As for East Mecklenburg, their victory bumped their record up to 11-3.
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