The Richlands Wildcats will challenge the Dixon Bulldogs at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Richlands is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Having struggled with six defeats in a row, Richlands finally turned things around against White Oak on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Vikings.
Richlands had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next three. The final score came out to 22-25, 27-25, 25-17, 25-21.
Meanwhile, Dixon hadn't done well against Croatan recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Dixon skirted past Croatan 3-2.
Dixon wouldn't go down easily and took Croatan into a fifth set where they got it done with a two-point win. The match finished with set scores of 15-25, 25-21, 25-17, 24-26, 18-16.
Richlands' victory bumped their record up to 7-13. As for Dixon, their win bumped their record up to 7-14.
Richlands came up short against Dixon in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 3-1. Can Richlands avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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