After both having extra time off, the Eastside Eagles and the Travelers Rest Devildogs will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Eastside is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Riverside, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Eastside was ranked seventh). Eastside sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Riverside on Tuesday.
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.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Travelers Rest, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Greenville H on Monday, sneaking past 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.
Eastside's win bumped their record up to 12-7. As for Travelers Rest, their victory bumped their record up to 6-11.
Eastside beat Travelers Rest 2-0 when the teams last played back in September. Will Eastside repeat their success, or does Travelers Rest have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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