Mount Pleasant is preparing for their first conference matchup of the season on Sunday. After both having extra time off, they and the West Cabarrus Wolverines will shake off the cobwebs and hit the court against one another at 2:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mount Pleasant has seven straight wins, West Cabarrus has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Mount Pleasant saw some tournament action on Saturday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Hickory Ridge, sneaking past 2-1.
It was an exciting match in which no team won back-to-back sets, but at the end of the day Mount Pleasant got the one that really mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 16-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, West Cabarrus didn't have quite enough to beat Hickory Ridge back in April and fell 2-1.
West Cabarrus' loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Mount Pleasant, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Mount Pleasant beat West Cabarrus 2-0 when the teams last played back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers 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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