Socastee has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the Catawba Ridge Copperheads at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.
Socastee is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Carolina Forest, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Socastee was ranked 14th). Socastee fell just short of Carolina Forest by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The Braves have struggled against the Panthers recently, as their game on Thursday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Socastee took Carolina Forest into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking seven-point loss. The match finished with set scores of 25-19, 25-13, 17-25, 22-25, 15-8.
Meanwhile, Catawba Ridge got the win against Fort Mill on Thursday by a conclusive 3-0.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-21, 25-21, 25-16.
Socastee's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5. As for Catawba Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season.
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