The Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls are taking a road trip to face off against the North Mecklenburg Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hickory Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They blew past Porter Ridge 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Ragin' Bulls have posted against the Pirates since September 24, 2019.
Meanwhile, North Mecklenburg waltzed into their match on Wednesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Patriots.
North Mecklenburg had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The match finished with set scores of 19-25, 25-15, 25-16, 25-14.
Hickory Ridge better focus on containing Alejandra Lorenzana and Azara Warris as the pair were huge in North Mecklenburg's win. Lorenzana had seven digs and six assists, while Warris had four aces and three digs. That's the most aces Warris has posted since back in September.
North Mecklenburg was lethal from the service line and finished the match with 15 aces. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now served at least six aces in 29 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Hickory Ridge's record is now 21-7. As for North Mecklenburg, their record now sits at 19-5.
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