North Myrtle Beach has been on the road for eight straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will host the Latta Vikings at 6:00 p.m.
North Myrtle Beach is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Ashley Ridge, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (North Myrtle Beach was ranked tenth). North Myrtle Beach fell just short of Ashley Ridge by a score of 2-1 two weeks ago. While the Chiefs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Swamp Foxes 25-14 in the first set.
North Myrtle Beach actually scored more points across those three sets (57-54), but sadly they still had to settle for second. The match finished with set scores of 14-25, 25-20, 15-12.
Meanwhile, Latta sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Dillon on Tuesday.
Latta took Dillon into a fifth set where they got it done with a five-point win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-22, 25-22, 21-25, 15-10.
North Myrtle Beach's loss dropped their record down to 25-9. As for Latta, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-6 record this season.
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