The Indian Land Warriors will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Northwestern Trojans at 6:00 p.m. Indian Land will be strutting in after a victory while Northwestern will be coming in after a loss.
Indian Land is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Bluffton, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Indian Land was ranked sixth). Indian Land skirted past Bluffton 2-1.
The match was a true back-and-forth as no team won consecutive sets, but in the end it was Indian Land who won the one that mattered. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-19, 28-30, 15-6.
Indian Land couldn't miss and finished the game having scored on 48.9% of their attack attempts. The last time their hitting percentage was this high was was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Northwestern came up short against Blythewood on Thursday and fell 3-1.
While Northwestern had to settle for second, they sure made a game of it, scoring at least 18 points in every set they played. The match finished with set scores of 25-18, 23-25, 25-22, 25-23.
Indian Land's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for Northwestern, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-6.
Indian Land came out on top in a nail-biter against Northwestern in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Will Indian Land repeat their success, or does Northwestern have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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