Irmo is 0-8 against Lexington since September of 2014 but things could change on Tuesday. The Irmo Yellow Jackets will be staying on the road to face off against the Lexington Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Monday, Irmo didn't have quite enough to beat Mid-Carolina and fell 3-2.
Irmo took Mid-Carolina into a fifth set but they suffered a heartbreaking four-point loss. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-20, 25-15, 25-27, 24-26, 15-11.
Meanwhile, Lexington faced Nation Ford in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Lexington fell just short of Nation Ford by a score of 2-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Wildcats in their matchups with the Falcons : they've now lost four in a row.
The 2-1 doesn't really show just how close this match was: all the sets Lexington lost were decided by three points or less. After all that action, the final score was 25-27, 25-23, 17-15.
Irmo now has a losing record at 2-3-2. As for Lexington, their loss dropped their record down to 13-5.
Irmo might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Lexington in their previous meeting back in September of 2017. Can Irmo avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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